ARCHIVE FOR Daphne Kalotay

As a writer with a debut novel out, I’ve spent the past few months reading from my work at various venues, with the aim of seducing potential readers into purchasing a copy of my book.  Some borrow it from friends or the library, and many read it on Kindles and smartphones—but I really don’t care how they read it.  Besides the many logical reasons people don’t buy books (expensive; no more room on the shelf; a big unread stack of them still waiting beside the bed), there is the sad fact that the very act of ...