[Janice D. Soderling]

I don't wish to quarrel with you, Bill, or attempt to persuade you to my way of thinking. I have no objection to electronic distribution per se, nor do I object to electronic reading devices per se. My objection (which I don't seem to be able to make clear), is that it is detrimental to diversity of thought and to democracy if one powerful organization controls authors and content, publishing, and distribution channels to the exclusion of independent bookstores and a multiplicity of publishers.

That is why antitrust laws originally came to be.

When information can be so easily erased or manipulated, I trust those who control it no more than I trust the tabloids or Fox News.

I've finished with this debate now.