Emily Walshe, a librarian and professor at Long Island University in New York, writes about the Kindle e-book reader.

• Kindle e-reader: A Trojan horse for free thought, by Emily Walshem, Christian Science Monitor, March 18, 2009.

In our rush to adopt new technologies, we have too readily surrendered ownership in favor of its twisted sister, access....

You're not buying a book; you're buying access to a book. No, it's not like borrowing a book from a library, because there is no public investment. It's like taking an interest-only mortgage out on intellectual property.