http://ripr.org en http://ripr.org/post/i-believe-rhode-island-books <p></p><p class="p1">Imagine the excitement when you get an electronically breathless Twitter message from a dear friend announcing that she just posted a link on Facebook to a stunningly engaging novel she just listened to wirelessly on her electronic tablet. &nbsp;Does this make you feel warm and fuzzy all over, and just desperate to curl up all nice and cozy with your Kindle? &nbsp;Or, as we hear in Eileen Landay's encore essay, does this all-too-common scenario lead you to wonder where we're headed as a literate society?</p><p class="p2"> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:13:11 +0000 Eileen Landay 8444 at http://ripr.org