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I hesitated before buying a Kindle. I wasn't worried that the digital reader would ruin literature as we know it. Rather, my concern centered on using an electronic device in the bathtub.

— Jen Lancaster

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I still enjoy the tactile sensation of holding a book. But when I need to read fast for work, I use the Kindle App on my iPad.

— Jonathan Tropper

If forced to choose between a book and a Kindle, I'd opt for the comfort and ease of bound pages. I mean, I can't break a book if I drop it on a cement floor.

— Jen Lancaster

I don't own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects.

— John Banville

But there are certain books I would never put on a Kindle because you want to be able to look at graphs and photos or the footnotes and maps. You can't see that.

— Lisa See

I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You don't have to get books repaired.

— Joyce Carol Oates

While we're having all these debates about how the book is being destroyed by the Kindle, we have to remember that narrative will not be affected at all because it's part of our makeup as a creature on this planet.

— Jim Crace

I'm not even speaking to people any more; I just want to be reading my Kindle the whole time!

— Sophie McShera

✗Opposing Perspectives

I didn't understand the Kindle's true value until I finished an e-book on the beach. In sixty seconds - and without benefit of pants - I had brand-new reading material at my fingertips.

— Jen Lancaster

I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.

— Andrew Wylie

First, if you love the Kindle and it works for you, it isn't problematic, and you should ignore all my criticisms and read the way you want to read.

— Nicholson Baker