#35 Books 2.0

I remember attending a library meeting quite a few years ago, possibly close to 8 or 9 years, where the e-book was explained to us. I'm sure there are many more books to choose from today, but for me, Kindle, the hand held device would not be for me. My most likeable device is the MP3 where I can stick it inside my pocket and be involved in some other kind of work. I know of many people working in plants where they probably perform monotonous tasks that truly enjoy books on tape and that is fine. I belong to Library Thing and I am very satified with it. Shelfari would be very similiar and I will try that. Also, Good Reads would be much like Library Thing. As for children's books, Lookybook was closed because of a lack of resources. I really liked the Bedtime Stories. I just thought the Beatrice Potter "Peter Rabbit" was so timely with Easter upon us. As for What's Next, since 1982 when 56.9% among us were readers, it dropped to 54.0 by 1992, in 2002, it had dropped farther down yet to 46.7% but in 2008, reading, especially among 18 to 24 yrs. old had increased. Some books that may have increased reading would be Harry Potter series, Stephanie Meyer's series and Oprah Winfrey's books. Teachers, librarians, parents and civic leaders helped create a "buzz' around literature and maybe the economic times could have brought out more readers.