"A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking," words spoken by comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

Yet another e-book was unveiled this week; this time by Apple. We are excited by all the attention these new devices are receiving. There is a measurable renewal of the popularity of the written word. Author Margaret Atwood assures us that the electronic book will never replace the paper book, "You can't take it into the bath." So with this assurance, we restock our used-bookstore shelves.

One certainty is that there has never before been the unlimited opportunities for publication of one's imaginings, experience, knowledge, views ~ all the reasons that writers and readers share their thoughts ~ generally ensuring that future generations will in one form or another know what we were thinking.