My wife and I saw David Sedaris speak at a Northern California bookstore this past Monday evening, and he talked quite a bit about breast milk stories, and even asked the audience to share theirs.

Maybe I should collect recordings of authors speaking their names instead.

If you are a collector, that's not a bad idea. Maybe they will end up in the Smithsonian!

More interesting is what a reader said about signing Kindle-like devices. One reader felt guilty, saying, “It’s a promotional opportunity for both the writer and the bookstore, and if you’re asking for your Kindle to be signed, you’re taking the bookstore out of the process. But I would never do so unless I had first paid to download a signer's work.” The problem with getting a Kindle or an iPod signed is that you can't get more than one or two signatures. Are you supposed to save your Kindle for your favorite author?

What about all the readers who go to see an author speak at a bookstore, but don't buy that author's book from the bookstore and don't get anything signed? That's been going on long before Kindle came onto the scene, or even audio books, and I am guilty as charged.