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Originally Posted by VaporPunk
Silly humans.
Honestly, I admire his passion and he is making a stand for what he thinks is right, so hats off. But get a grip, Kindles are not "the enemy". Anything that promotes reading and the spread of knowledge should be celebrated, not condemned.
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He is interested in the spread of knowledge only insofar as he can make a living doing it. I feel his pain. My buggy whip business is doing poorly too.
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‘You can’t lend a Kindle to a friend like you can with books. Kindles can’t be recycled like books. We have seen half a dozen bookshops go out of business this year.
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And he is scared that he is next. He might be.
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‘Without the support of people going into these shops, we won’t have any independent sellers left in a few years.’
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And that is mostly true. At best there will be few.
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Hay on TV, the town’s community video website, has been holding a debate on the merits of e-books
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I predict that the debate will not end the 'trend'.