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title: 'Kindle, Part Two'
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date: '2007-12-19T13:08:56-05:00'
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permalink: /kindle-part-two/
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tags:
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- publishing
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So a pal of mine has just drawn my attention to an interesting article in the [L.A. Times](http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-ca-webscout9dec09,1,7074578.story?ctrack=2&cset=true) from about ten days or so ago on responses to the Kindle. The article attempts to look fairly neutrally at the object itself, what it gets right and what it gets wrong, as well as at the responses to the object.
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The most interesting parts of the article, for my purposes, are the anti-Kindle screeds on the part of those who would defend the print-on-paper codex from all apparent technological threats. And the absolute best part of that is the response by Jonathan Franzen.
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You’d think Franzen would have learned to keep his mouth shut (and email unsent) around reporters.
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As [Aunt B. has already pointed out](http://tinycatpants.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/the-plays-the-thing/), he manages to make an utter fool of himself by insisting that the only way to truly experience Shakespeare is to read it in print, as was originally intended. But my favorite line of Franzen’s is this one:
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> “Am I fetishizing ink and paper? Sure, and I’m fetishizing truth and integrity too.”
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Because pixels are some sneaky lying little bastards.
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Sigh,
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KF
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