Merry Christmas! I hope Santa brought you an e-book reader. If he didn't, turn him in to the police. Because Santa doesn't know what's good for you. Let me explain.

The world is divided on e-books. Some people like them, others don't. I never realized there was such a divide until I got my first e-book reader, a Kindle, about a year ago. This is when I was first confronted by people who I will call, just for convenience sake, Traditional Book Snobs.

Just the other day I ran into a Traditional Book Snob, someone I had known for a long time. I was on the train reading from my Kindle when a guy sat down next to me.