These are some intense pieces. This guy digs deep. I've been looking for these kind of intimate perspectives on reading and writing.
Sven Birkerts, The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Andrew Piper, Book Was There: Reading in Electronic Times
Robert Darnton, The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future
And another essay for you: