Dvorak claims: "everyone" who buys an ebook reader quickly buys lots of "trendy" books (say, 50-100 at $10 each) in order to look smart to people who borrow the

Dvorak claims: "everyone" who buys an ebook reader quickly buys lots of "trendy" books (say, 50-100 at $10 each) in order to look smart to people who borrow their device. This seems absolutely barking mad to me, even if we assume he's exaggerating a bit, and take into account the fact that people's status manoeuvrings aren't always conscious. Kindle users: do you have dozens of unread trendy or impressive books on your device? If you have relatively few books on it, do you often lend it to someone else and feel embarrassed? If you were going to put extra books on your device in order to feel better about your bookishness, would you do it by buying lots of books or by getting free ones from Project Gutenberg or whatever? Is John Dvorak completely making things up here, or is there something to what he says? [EDITED slightly a minute after posting: wording tweakage.]