MWT: I worry about accessibility. Not everyone has an e-reader, but accessibility isn't just a matter of money. It's about encouragement and community support for reading. When a teacher leads her class to the school library and tells them to pick out a book, it is a community activity. Not only can you see that everyone is reading, you can see what they are reading. Will the same thing happen when there's no physical library and no physical books? When a child sees an adult reading a book, it sends a message that isn't sent by a man looking at the screen on his phone, even if the man is reading Catcher in the Rye instead of watching a music video. As our e-reading increases, I think we need to find new ways to send the message to kids and young adults that reading is a great adventure.
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