I have a suggestion for the makers of the Kindle and the Nook and whatever other similar devices come on the market. 

How about, at the user’s option, the last 20 pages of each book are tinted red, or maybe have a red border.  The 20 pages before that use orange, and maybe the 20 before that use yellow.  It’s a warning system to let others – others who have the audacity to interrupt you when you’re reading – to know the level of peril of speaking to anyone that close to the end of a book.

Come to think of it, there’s no reason a conventional paper book can’t have the same coding system.

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