War and Peace via Postage Stamp

AP is running a story about the latest trend among cellphone users in Japan: reading novels (and other books) via the tiny LCD phone screens, several lines at a time. Jezuz, I don’t like reading a lot of text on my frickin’ 20″ display! I can’t imagine reading a book on a 1-1/2″ x 1-1/4″ (or whatever) screen. Download an audiobook, for chrissake.