We’ve often discussed the future of books and reading on Snell Snippets, so I thought that some might be interested in this “Chat While Reading: The Future of Books?” article from NPR. Their article focuses on BookGlutton.com but a number of commenters mentioned other communal reading sites like LibraryThing.com. How do you think a site like this would function differently for classes than a Blackboard chat or discussion page? Currently, if I have a friend who lives too far away, we’ll just email back and forth about books we’re reading: quoting passages, etc. Just this past week, a friend who lives in New Zealand and I were emailing back and forth as she finished up Anna Karenina. I think for now I’m going to stick with that more private way of communication and dialogue. But I also often like to check out Amazon, IMDB, metacritic or Wikipedia after I read or watch something, to get a sense of its reception and other people’s reactions. Any thoughts?