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The Case for Books
Matthew Yglesias — Brad DeLong observes that whatever downsides books may have they don’t electrocute you in the bathtub: The Case for Books Brad DeLong observes that whatever downsides books may have they don’t electrocute you in the bathtub: My one serious complaint is that it is a book. That means that only one-tenth of the material comes from 2008 - the last-written piece was first published on April 27. A lot has happened since then. Right now I have the book at my left hand and my laptop at my right, with one window open to one of Lewis’ Bloomberg columns about the crisis (links.sfgate.com/ZFPG) and ...

Taking a bath on the Kindle
Megan McArdle — Matt and Brad DeLong complain that you can't read ebooks in the bathtub.  Au contraire, ma frere--simply apply one (1) Zip-Loc baggie, and Bob's your uncle.  Indeed, it's actually better, because the Kindle doesn't get all soggy.  My Kindle remains one of my favorite pieces of equipment. 

eBooks In The Bathtub
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — By Patrick Appel De Long writes: I can take the book into the bathtub - so it still has one key edge, even though its production process sacrifices timeliness. Yglesias adds: The longer I own my Kindle the more I think that it’s a crucially flawed device in a number of respects. Respects that I expect to be resolved by some successor device in a few years that will position the eBook readers of the future to kill off the regular book. But this bathtub issue is hard to solve. ...