Jazzer Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Interesting article:http://www.independent.ie/todays-paper/jonathan-franzen-ebooks-are-damaging-society-3003586.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Two points:He'll be lucky if paperbacks made today will last 10 years - the binding is so weak ... paper quality so poor etc I am not sure what justice has to do with it.My credentials: a retired librarian, who loves books, and would never be without , but who has found the kindle is super when print becomes too small. Kindle is not the perfect reader for many items, but it good for novels and text size - not so good for factual stuff especially with lots of pictures.When I was first training - and as computers came along the demise of the book was projected.It hasn't happened yet and it won't with e-readers. In my mind there is room for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Well, the percentage of books being published in both mediums seems very high still, though this of course might change. It may be that paperbacks will suffer, though, in the long run.He is right in saying that some books are an experience in themselves which is not true of electronic stuff.I can only see books being available even more widely if they can be downloaded at decent prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzer Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I quite agree. I bought a Robert dictionary a year ago, and the binding has totally come away!A more disturbing aspect is contained here:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSKS Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 [quote user="Jazzer"]Interesting article:http://www.independent.ie/todays-paper/jonathan-franzen-ebooks-are-damaging-society-3003586.html[/quote]I note, however, that his antipathy to the ebook has not prevented him from cashing in by offering his books on Amazon for Kindle download. What utter, rank hypocrisy. What some people will do for publicity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Well perhaps my local Mediatheque is starting to compete.The number of " documents " has been increased this year to a total of 21.As follows:8 books for 4 weeks3 magazines for 4 weeks8 CD for 4 weeks2 DVD max per household for 1 week.All that as a non Parthenay Community resident for € 14 per year.The Parthenay Mediatheque has a total of about 100,000 documents.The DVD catalogue is in conjunction with the Deux Sèvres Departmental Library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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