Is Amazon the Reader’s Friend? – Liveblog

15 January 2015
Len Edgerly

I took a wrong turn on the subway and reached Brooklyn before I realized I was a long way from the Kaufman Center in Manhattan. I arrived late at the Open to Debate formerly known as Intelligence Squared U.S. debate on the resolution Amazon is the Readers Friend.

We are now into questions from the audience. Its been a fantastic discussion, organized in classic debate style with some innovations introduced by the steady, savvy moderator, John Donvan.

Arguing for the resolution are author Joe Konrath and journalist Matthew Yglesias. Arguing against are author Scott Turow and Franklin Foer, former editor of The New Republic. Heres whats happening & brvbar