But a computer is no substitute for a book. No one wants to take a computer to bed at the end of a long day, to read a chapter or two before dropping off to sleep. No one wants to take one out of a purse on the New York City subway to pass the time between Ninety-sixth Street and the World Trade Center. No one wants to pass Heidi on disk down to their daughter on the occasion of her eighth birthday, or annotate William Carlos Williams on-screen.
