Many say that paper is on the out. E-readers will replace books and the web will replace libraries. If you’re looking for something that will offer a glimmer of hope for this bygone medium, now is the time to avert your eyes. What you are about to see is not for the sentimental:
New York Times technology columnist David Pogue teams up with Times media columnist David Carr to quickly review — but mostly kibitz about — three of the e-readers currently on the market, the Amazon Kindle, the Sony Reader Touch Edition, and the COOL-ER reader (text review here). The Kindle comes out ahead; it’s less expensive than the Sony reader but allows one to wirelessly download books wherever there’s a signal. I’m not sure what to think about the fact that Pogue and Carr meet in the New York Public Library… Funny? Tragic? You decide.
