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Originally Posted by JeremyZ
I especially liked this bit; it was so well-phrased:
Did you notice how the interviewer phrased physical books as past tense already? As if it is already a done deal.
I don't think they will REALLY start to disappear until eBooks are cheaper than paperbacks. Even then, it is nice to have "the classics" in hardcover.
As he said later, it is also nice to easily share the book with no technological knowledge, and to have a hand-written dedication inside the cover. It gives me a warm feeling inside to write and read dedications.  |
"Old hat."
Sure books will collect dust for a while like an old hat and even in 20 years the residues of old books will be found especially among the old folk or just among people who can't or won't spend money for books and so acquire them handed down, used or vastly discounted.