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Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy to discuss a novel with a book club or listen to a critic give his take on NPR. But I don’t want that external information delivered at the time of my reading. That’s one of the few things I still do alone. Reading a book provides a unique, important (and yes, private) interaction between author and reader, between you and the art. I don’t want to go to bed and curl up with a good book only to find that I am being spooned by a few million folks I’ve never met.

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This is such a good idea— map, schedule, planner, notebook for SXSW all in one. Make it fit in my purse, and I’d pay good money for it.

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I think he hits on the head here— throwaway books will go digital, nicer books with definite form will stay books for a while.