Thread: Will books Survive eBooks?
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Old 05-21-2011, 12:14 PM   #9
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When did stone carvings get superseded... Vietnam War memorial & Ground Zero in US... similar in UK plus many more... stone carvings were never a wide distribution medium like paper but more monumental/in memoriam and still viable...


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Originally Posted by TotallyEpic View Post
I think within a hundred years, paper books will be a rare sight.

It has happened before:

Stone Carvings >> Wood Carvings >> Parchment/Vellum >> Paper Books.

The previous technology superceded by the next.
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