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Bethanne Patrick

LitNotes: All Over But the Shoutin'
September 7, 2007

We Have No Taste: After hearing the authors on The Diane Rehm Show I probably wouldn't have picked up Why We Read What We Read anyway -- but Book/Daddy confirmed my choice to stay away. The PW review said "This effort is larded with data that will be obvious to publishing professionals and of little interest to general readers." While Lisa Adams' and John Heath's conceit of analysing the bestseller lists is cute, it's not enough to tear me away from what's actually on my nightstand.

We Don't Need Real Books: Will Amazon's Kindle kindle the fires of bibliophilia for anyone? It's just plain ugly in that 2006 photo, and no one has any new ones. (Have you seen the iRex thingy? Much more attractive.) However, its wireless technology is a big step up from having to connect to a computer and the Internet to download e-books.

We Read Comics on Our Cell Phones: Now, finally, some real news: "Thunder Road" by Sean Demory is the first comic book released in the U.S. exclusively on a cell phone, part of a lineup of mobile comic books offered by Kansas City-based uClick. Call me a Philistine, but this actually seems cool, exciting, and promising. In fact, I'd like to read a bestselling graphic novel on a Kindle. Right now.

If anyone at Amazon would like me to test-drive a Kindle, or any readers would like to lambast me off-line (lambast away here, in comments, of course), I can be reached at the reading writer at aol dot com... enjoy the weekend, and keep reading -- no matter what title or method you choose!

Posted by Bethanne Patrick on September 7, 2007 | Comments (4)

September 8, 2007
In response to: LitNotes: All Over But the Shoutin'
Kevin A. Lewis commented:

Considering what an I-phone costs, and the mountains of billing pages, isn't it less hassle to just buy the graphic novel?

September 8, 2007
In response to: LitNotes: All Over But the Shoutin'
Kevin A.Lewis commented:

Well, correction-it's only on cell-phone-which I think is taking fad-surfing a bit for...

September 10, 2007
In response to: LitNotes: All Over But the Shoutin'
Bethanne commented:

Definitely less hassle to buy the graphic novel! But I can't resist the lure of a gadget, just to try it out. And if I, bibliomane that I am, can't resist -- will everyone else?

September 10, 2007
In response to: LitNotes: All Over But the Shoutin'
Susan Edwards commented:

I picked up a copy of Why We Read What We Read at BEA this year and found it to be so filled with cheap shots, outdated information and badly unsupported, unresearched statements that I actually threw it away. I never throw away books, even bad ones. It feels like a sacrilege. I was just so annoyed with the promise this book's title made and the fact that it didn't deliver that I had to go one step better than just denying it space on my bookshelf.