Will bookstore chains go the way of Tower Records and other music stores? Lets hope not! I noticed that there is a new invention by Sony which readers can download books, magazines and some newspapapers. The downloads cost as much as $10. While this Sony reader become the ipod of books? In my opinion I thinkg people will still like paper books. Books don’t need electricity. Books can be taken anywhere such as airplanes, camping trips, the train and etc. Sonys electronic reader needs batteries and eats them fast.

I have often wondered the same thing. Will it mean the demise of books? Have you ever read Ray Bradbury’s "Farenheit 451"? He toys with the whole idea. I, for one shall never lose the desire to hold a book and the feel of the paper, the act of turning the pages, the progress through the story toward the denouement, the finale. There is something about the feel of the pages in hand. I will never give up my magazines. They are little capsules of monthly delight which comes in the mail every month or two. I don’t like paying for them, but I surely do love getting them. Call me old fashioned. I vote we keep books and magazines and put all junk mail on mp3 readers. How about you?