From: Hendon, Alison <A.Hendon_at_BrooklynPublicLibrary.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:00:33 -0500

What truly annoys me about this type of comment - we don't need books anymore, it's all on the internet (or Kindle or Sony etc.) - is that it's not true. There are lots and lots of books (especially children's books) that are NOT available in e-format. One of the commenters said that you can get all the books you want from Project Gutenberg - free. Yes and no. Project Gutenberg is a collection of public domain books (i.e. mostly before 1923.) Yes you can get the classics. You can't get the Newbery winners or the Caldecott winners or the Coretta Scott King honorees. Perforce the school's reading lists will be limited to those books that are available as e-books which will greatly impoverish the selection.

I own a Kindle and I love it but I would never give up books!

Alison

Alison Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon_at_brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Received on Fri 12 Feb 2010 10:00:33 AM CST