From the Atlantic: the early days of print...

fjtorres · 08-20-2010, 11:22 AM

...resemble the early days of ebooks...
http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/a...on+the+Web%29#

One interesting quote:

Quote:

There were lots of people who could read but did not habitually buy books, so the trick was to discover how to reach them.

Sounds like an interesting book.
Fortunately its not from the Price-Fix Five.
And yes, it *is* available in ebook form.
Not cheap, though.

SensualPoet · 08-21-2010, 12:35 PM

... and the ebook, at least, is cheaper than the cheapest print edition (in this case $3 cheaper than the hardcover).

But wait! What's this?

Quote:

Usually ships within 1 to 2 weeks.

Hmmm ... save some money, and get it in 60 seconds direct to the device. Or, wait a couple of weeks (at least) for the paper edition delivered by your local postal carrier.

And, for what's it worth, the hardcover is $3 more from Barnes and Noble and they have the ePub edition higher than the paper edition. So buy the ebook from Amazon and save 25% over B&N.

Dellaster · 08-21-2010, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Scholars, meanwhile, worried that the new technology would not so much advance civilization as degrade it, flooding the market with cheap, error-ridden classics and a prodigious quantity of non-scholarly rubbish.

Now that sounds familiar.

Ted

Ben Thornton · 08-21-2010, 05:41 PM

It was interesting that what the new medium was initially used for wasn't what it became. There are a lot of areas where the current devices mimic books when they don't need to (using pages rather than scrolling for example); it will be interesting to see over the coming years how much the interface to text changes once we realise that we don't need to be bound by the rules of ink and paper. Also, the content is very book-like, whereas it could be much more dynamic. One can imagine the boundaries between books, movies and games becoming more blurred.

I also liked the news in verse!

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08-21-2010, 05:41 PM	#4
Ben Thornton Guru Posts: 900 Karma: 779635 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3, iPad 2 (but not for e-books)	It was interesting that what the new medium was initially used for wasn't what it became. There are a lot of areas where the current devices mimic books when they don't need to (using pages rather than scrolling for example); it will be interesting to see over the coming years how much the interface to text changes once we realise that we don't need to be bound by the rules of ink and paper. Also, the content is very book-like, whereas it could be much more dynamic. One can imagine the boundaries between books, movies and games becoming more blurred. I also liked the news in verse!

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