Mandy Brown:

Once a reader has commanded the aura of solitude around them, they become nearly impenetrable. A reader who is thoroughly engrossed in reading may not hear you if you call her name. Call her name again, however, and she will look up, annoyed. The key is not to halt all activity around a reader, but to give her her space.

See also, Michael Lewis:

I like the feeling of knowing that nobody is trying to reach me.

Did you notice?

Droves of people are canceling their Facebook accounts.

And what are these droves saying?

I’ve recently realized that not only do I think Facebook itself is trivial and stupid — but it’s starting to make me think my friends who are on Facebook are also trivial and stupid. Every time I read that someone became a fan of something, or posted a link with a one-word recommendation (”Neat!”, “OK”), I loathe that person a little more.

In Defense of Readers