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Why Hard Copy Books, Magazines, and Newspapers Are Better Than E-Readers

May 27, 2010
By Kevin R. Kosar
Why Hard Copy Books, Magazines, and Newspapers Are Better Than E-Readers

As a disclaimer, let me say the following: Different people have different media needs.  I recognize this. As for me, I’m happy to read the newspaper online (if it is on a well designed website, like NYTimes.com.)  I’m fine with reading blogs online and short pieces (under 1,500 words, say).   I frequently digitize public...
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Books I’ve Recently Enjoyed

Non-Fiction: Kathryn A. Jacob, King of the Lobby: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-About-Washington in the Gilded Age (2010).

Non-Fiction: Philip Terzian, Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and the American Century (2010).

Fiction: David Lodge, Thinks (2001)

Non-Fiction: Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service, 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition (2010)

Non-Fiction: Christopher Buckley, Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir (2009)

Non-Fiction: Alice Cooper, Alice Cooper, Golf Monster (2007)

Fiction: John Le Carre A Most Wanted Man (2008)

Fiction: John Le Carre Our Game (1995)

Fiction: John Le Carre The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963)

Fiction: Peter DeVries Into Your Tent I'll Creep (1971)

Fiction: Peter DeVries Peckham's Marbles (1986)

Fiction: Georges Simenon Three Beds in Manhattan (1964)

Fiction: Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day (1988)