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Years ago I worked in a publishing company run by an old-style publisher. He maintained that editors would always work on paper with red pens.

I'm pretty quick with the online edit, on several platforms, including InDesign, but for certain kinds of thoughtful, deep-content editing, I need to lay out the sheets of paper, and pull out the red pen.

I bought “The Blue Sweater” two days ago, in paperback, so I can dog-ear the pages, and write notes in the margin if I want.

If you get peanut butter and jelly on the Kindle, will it still work?

I think I agree with you, that some things should remain old school. (Would “The Princess Bride” be as appealing if the grandfather were reading from a Kindle?)

I'll definitely read to Edie on the iPad; however, Jill (who taught Kindergarten) was just telling me that there are important reading skills that come with page turning and left-to-right. So we'll be doing both.

We are in a transitional period where reading via an iPad or physical books will be more complementary than competing. I, just like Jon, we'll be doing both. An interesting question is when the child is exposed to both, will she want the iPad or physical version of the book, especially if the iPad version has a few bells and whistles?

David thanks for sending the article…really interesting. One of the great outcomes of the digital publishing industry is the ability for everyone who loves to write to now have a platform to share their work.

Here's a nice article discussing the future of publishing. Publishing: The Revolutionary Future – The New York Review of Books http://bit.ly/9Mg7aj