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Originally Posted by jersysman
I said no such thing. But, I do say that the digital age is here and what one does with it will be up to them, It has not hit everywhere on this vast planet as of yet, but it will eventually. Progress is a funny thing. It has a way of sneaking up on you and before you know it, it is here. Nothing is absolute, but if you think this younger generation is not more fully immersed in this digital age than the older generation is, then I do believe that you are wrong. The facebooks, twitters, tumblrs, pininterest of the world is not going anywhere. Tablets, phablets, chromebooks, smartphones are here to stay and will get more numerous. Paper books will always be around, but I believe they will become a niche products just as LPs are to the music world.
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But I'm not talking about the digital age. I'm not talking about the Internet, about Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr/Reddit. I'm not talking about tablets and smartphones and Google glasses. I'm well aware that my generation is very much immersed in technology; I am, myself.
What I am saying is that from my observations, those of my generation who I have been exposed to prefer paper books by a significant margin. Most of us have ereaders, but even those of us who do read paper books far more often. Again, from my observations, those of older generations to whom I've been exposed prefer ereaders by a significant margin.
What I'm saying has nothing to do with technological immersion outside of books.
I'm just talking about books.