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Originally Posted by latepaul
Paper is not permanent, it's merely temporary on a longer timescale. And the only reason it's more 'permanent' in that sense to ebooks is that it's been around longer.
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Amen. As someone who has lived in a moderately humid climate for the past twenty years, I can assure everyone that printed books are not nearly as permanent as I once assumed before I moved here. To paraphrase Matthew chaper 6:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon paper, where mold and insect doth corrupt, but go ye digital, knowing that while the vessel doth decay, yet shall the spirit abide.
I love the feel and smell and look of good printed books, second to no one. That's
hardbound books.
After reading the
Telegraph article, it seems to me Mr. Franzen is once again simply trying to promote himself by making a controversial statement. As evidence let me present his stupid and demonstrably false statement:
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“The technology I like is the American paperback edition of Freedom. I can spill water on it and it would still work!
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Right! Mr. American Technology can tell us all how
absolutely waterproof a paperback book is! (Sir: could you possibly only be bloviating in order to advertise an affordable edition of your book "now on sale at bookstores everywhere"?
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Irrational Publicity hound --nothing more.