To be honest, though, I do have some book material on my Touch already. I have an application called Stanza, for which I acquired some classics (they have a lot of free public domain books available). The one I actually tried to read was Leaves of Grass because for some reason looking at poetry seemed more likely than attempting to read a novel. And I will admit that Walt Whitman is one of those mountains I have never climbed, despite being an English major and a pretty inveterate reader. The verdict? It’s hard to say. I’ve tried it a number of times, and made some progress, but I haven’t gotten very far. The question is, is it because I just don’t care much for Leaves of Grass—I’ve tried to read it in the past, on paper, and I’ve always failed there too—or I haven’t enjoyed the Touch reading experience? It is 2 inches by 3 inches, after all. That’s smaller than a basic paperback book. A lot smaller.
I have some weighty tomes in addition to the Whitman. For instance, for reasons that elude me now I also downloaded Plato’s Republic at some point. There’s a page-turner to keep you reading into the wee hours. What I need to do is find a regular book and give that a shot. Maybe Dickens for instance (I love Dickens). If something guaranteed to satisfy doesn’t satisfy, then the problem probably is the medium and not the message.
I’ll let you know.
