I read an intriguing article in this week’s New Yorker about the future of books and the foreseen affect of the iPad. Apparently Steve Jobs sees a future where books go from publishing company to digital book. Authors make a 25 percent cut of the sale and retailers serve as mere middlemen. Read more here.
This got me thinking, if everything will eventually be digital, will a loophole be found to allow orthodox Jews to read on the Sabbath? It’s not only books, board games too are being played on the iPad. If no loophole, what would people do on long summer Shabbatot?
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