The iPad is emphatically not a serious readers’ device: the only people who would genuinely consider it a Kindle killer are those for whom the idea of reading for pleasure died years ago; if it was ever alive. The people who will spout bullshit like “I read on screen all day” when what they really mean is “I read the first three paragraphs of the New York Times article I saw linked on Twitter before retweeting it; and then I repeat that process for the next eight hours while pretending to work.” That’s reading in the way that rubbing against women on the subway is sex.

Carr’s point might be better served if he didn’t sound like he was trying so hard to prove that he was smarter than everyone else.

The demo was shown on an HP table computer with a touchscreen, but it could easily be ported to an iPhone or an Apple iTablet, whenever that becomes available.

Designed to mimic a format nobody wants on a device nobody is buying, but could easily be ported to a device that doesn’t exist. Sounds exciting!

I keep hearing new Kindle owners say the same thing; they’ve done much more reading since their Kindle arrived.  Well yeah, of course you’re reading more.  You have a new toy, and that’s all it does.  I did a lot of baking right after I got my Kitchenaid stand mixer, too.

The Kindle is designed for people who already do a lot of reading.  For those people, maybe the price is worth it.  For most others, the Kindle satisfies a geek craving for new gadgets, while simultaneously making the user appear studious.

As an Amazon affiliate program member, I received an email this morning suggesting that I pimp the Amazon Prime service.  I have belonged to a lot of affiliate programs over the years, and I get these all the time.  Usually they just end up in my spam folder.

But this is a service I use myself and absolutely love.  Knowing that I can buy whatever I want without paying for shipping and still get it in two days takes all the stress out of my online shopping.  And if I need something fast, the overnight shipping is upgrade is only $3.99, regardless of item size or price.

As a point of pride, I would never push a sponsor link if I didn’t already recommend the product or service to friends.  Prime is a godsend, and worth checking out for the free trial.

The full-color book format will give readers the experience of having both the original and doctored Garfield strips together on the same page for comparison. Dublin, Ireland-based Garfield Minus Garfield creator Dan Walsh will provide the foreword to the book.