Thread: I just want to read a book!!!!!
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Old 08-17-2012, 02:39 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by daniel32lt View Post
Funny thing throwing it and it started working again. lol. I have to say I think the real book will never die out, but the new digital age is here, as a new product comes out to the world we all want to try it out and this is just another phrase in our journey through life. But, the real book will never die out in the long run.
A long time ago I read a review of an early ereader. This was when they were $1000 or more. The reviewer was of the opinion that they would not catch on because if you liked reading in the bath, you just couldn't risk the device. I think the price of ereaders are close to the point where this isn't a real worry.

Personally, I think paper books will get to the same point as LPs. They will become a collectors item, or just used by "purists". Personally, the only reason I have opened a paper novel in the last nine months is to compare the text with that on the digital version. I have no desire to go back which is exactly my attitude when I started using CDs. And once my CDs were ripped to the computer...
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