David Rothman's Mom

David Rothman has written up a cute discussion between him and his mother about E-books. An Excerpt:

"But I want to read new books,” my mother said. "Could I read Ms. Julia Speaks Her Mind?"

"Only if it’s online and in the right electronic format," I said. "That’s what I’ve been working on all this time. Trying to persuade the right people do to the obvious, the right thing. You could get as many books online for free as possible." Even those still under copyright, if they were in a TeleRead-style library system and covered by a national digital library fund. "And the rest you could find easily enough in one place--able to read off any standard machine."

"My mother nodded. "But you can’t get me Ms. Julia Speaks Her Mind? To read from that thing."

"I doubt it." Later I would seek an e-version on Amazon.com, at least, without any luck."

"I think I’ll stick to paper books," my mother said."

BTW, Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there.