03-09-2009, 11:45 AM | #1 |
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Will Paper books fade away?
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"The notion that books, newspapers and magazines will be replaced by electronic media is as foolish as the belief that the visual arts will one day consist entirely of computer graphics the futurists get it all wrong. Technology changes, but human nature does not." |
03-09-2009, 11:46 AM | #2 |
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Yes, paper books will fade away - just like horses did with the invention of the automobile.
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03-09-2009, 11:50 AM | #3 |
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03-09-2009, 11:58 AM | #4 |
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I think that one day they will fade away too. There will always be some form of printed book I believe but it will probably be a luxury. That's not necessarily a bad thing though, I'm certain we'll have much more convenient access to books than we have even now.
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03-09-2009, 12:07 PM | #5 |
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Mine all got tossed out 2 wks ago. Sneaked them into the library's drop-box while they were closed on Sunday. Ah, sweet space and freedom!
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03-09-2009, 12:09 PM | #6 |
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"The Baen dudes understood early on that electronic reading is a poor substitute for holding a real book, so the e-books and chapter excerpts serve as awesome marketing materials. Download an entire book, read enough to get hooked, and then you'll eventually get tired of staring at a stupid screen for hours. So in the end, readers who really want to read these books tend to plunk down a few bucks for the real deal. This theory may not work quite so well for rockers and crooners, but authors seem to have a real revenue source secured for years to come. The Kindle and such gadgets will ultimately just make us buy more books." |
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No, we'll have access to whatever books are 'available'. |
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03-09-2009, 12:19 PM | #8 | |
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if humanity goes into total body mods (e-interfaces built in the body and such) - assuming possible of course - I may change my opinion, but otherwise I just do not see it in the foreseeable future; only with body mods that e becomes an extension of the body the way the paper book is today in the sense that you need nothing to access it, just itself, no disintermediation, yeah maybe... cars are an extension of the body, the way horses were, and while they need an infrastructure, horses needed one too; the analogue here would be cars replaced by teleporting, not cars replacing horses; music has always been disintermediated except in direct performance... farther away we just have "unknown unknowns" so we cannot say anything pertinent... edit later: Earth will fade away, the Sun will fade away, humanity will fade away, and books will fade away, but that's not the point of the thread as far as I can see Last edited by Liviu_5; 03-09-2009 at 12:26 PM. |
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03-09-2009, 12:22 PM | #9 |
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I actually consider this an advantage of ebooks. I've lost too many books to inconsiderate "friends", ebook readers provide the perfect excuse of not being able to "just lend a copy"
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03-09-2009, 12:27 PM | #10 |
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I saw this on a facebook debate.
"I don't beleive that books will ever be replaced. Books can be such a powerful source of inspiration and beauty. Granted, a book is really just a vessel for thought, and these same thoughts can be communicated just as effectively, if not more so via electronic means. But the experience of reading a book is something that is yet to be replicated by technology. I doubt it ever will. The touch of the pages, the smell of a leather bound classic, the completely intimate experience that evolves when a reader turns the pages and the printed words come to life. The beauty of handcrafted illuminated letters in medieval texts There is nothing like it. I believe many books are a work of art in their own right. That is, their value not only lies in the content they house, but in the emotion they evoke in the person experiencing them. This emotional response comes, in part, from the physicality of the object. The dust jacket, the cover art, the page layout, the interplay of blank and used space. A book as a physical object can not be replaced by a technological replacement, it just can't. If we compare this to another art form, I can google Michael Angelo's David any day. I can see a picture or read about it, and probably get the information I need. But doing this will not make me catch me breath and mesmerise me the way standing in front of the real thing in the Galleria dell'Accademia does. It can't enable me to experience the way the eyes shift and David's expression changes as you move to different points in the room. Likewsie, an e-book or the internet will never give me the pleasure that comes with grabbing my pencil and underlining a favourite phrase or jotting notes on the pages edge." |
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03-09-2009, 12:37 PM | #13 |
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I have a feeling that yes, paper books will fade away. It's a logical transition, especially given that people are finally starting to realize that the environment is important, and not something to be left as an afterthought. Less paper books, less tree's being cut down.
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Like the some of the ones my granddaugher is reading now, which belonged to her mother. Thats something you can't reproduce in a mechanical device. I have never had a book wind up in the toilet. Slamming books against the wall is a no-no. Its all about teaching a child to respect books. |
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