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Nice eBook: Can I Touch It? eReaders Turn Bookworms Into Social Butterflies

First Posted: 08/23/10 03:03 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:25 PM ET

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"People approach me and ask to see it, to touch it, how much I like it," he said. "That rarely happens with dead-tree books."

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"People approach me and ask to see it, to touch it, how much I like it," he said. "That rarely happens with dead-tree books."...
"People approach me and ask to see it, to touch it, how much I like it," he said. "That rarely happens with dead-tree books."...
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01:58 PM on 08/24/2010
Nothing will replace the tactile feel/smell/sight/sound (page rustle) of books. That said, with ebooks you can carry your entire summer reading list with you on vacation. There's a place for both, just as there "was" for movies and the videocassette.

Bookworms are social butterflies --with other bookworms.
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