Chris Echaurre sends this link to an interesting piece about novelist Colm Toibin and technology: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63J69X20100420?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&rpc=76 . Toibin, who writes with a (gasp!) ink pen claims to be a technophobe and says he tried a Kindle once and didn’t like it, but at the same time feels the Internet has changed his life and the lives of others, especially previously isolated individuals like gay men in small towns and others who have felt alone and can now feel part of a community.
Also, Kim W. and John A. recommend Ken Auletta’s article in the New Yorker on publishing and the price of ebooks: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/04/26/100426fa_fact_auletta
Tags: Colm Toibin, gay community, internet, novelist, technophobes