William Powers of the Los Angeles Times does not appreciate the Kindle.

E-books are pitched as an improvement over the older medium, but in many ways they're a step backward. The traditional book isn't just a container for content. It's a brilliant machine that interacts in very particular ways with the body and the mind.

But, alas, this kind gentleman has not even tried a Kindle but felt the need to write. Someone should send him one so he can try one. Actually, his argument is sound until he states, "Because you can feel where you are, the brain is freed up to concentrate on the words themselves." Strange, I always thought that the words from the author frees one from the daily grind and helps the reader explore a different world.