Of course, after your sister and the rest of the world buy their Kimble or iPad (or other e-reader device), we won't need some big ol' building full of books. So long, li-bary!

And if we don't need a big ol' building full of books. We can consolidate our libraries down to once central national location. Save that taxpayer money. Yee ha!

Guess we won't need all those pesky, overpaid librarians either. We'll privatize the library workforce and ship jobs to customer service in India or China where "John" (a 15 year old child laborer) can help you find the e-book link you need. And the whole nation can use this pool of "librarians" rather than members from your local community.

Think of the savings!

Plus if an e-book is "offensive?" Like...really offensive? I'm talking like To Kill a Mockingbird offensive?!! Then we can scrub out all the nasty bits. Keep us safe and warm.

Of course, we'll also see the same death happen to local book retailers that we saw with local music stores. And that means we'll see fewer books binders and delivery drivers and printers and etc, etc.

And in return? We'll get a new device full of toxins created by child slaves in Indo-China that will find its way to poison our water in a landfill after 2 - 3 years when the next version hits the market.

...or we could just borrow a regular ol' book. Lasts almost forever.

(Keeps librarians in jobs, too.)

Decentralization is the new Counterculture.

But you know. Do what you think is best.