Thread: Will eBooks create an elite reading class?
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Old 09-29-2014, 08:56 PM   #109
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
A good point, and it just continues the expansion of reading that started with Gutenberg. Prior to the printing press books were hand copied and only the wealthy could afford them. I wager there were many villages in the old days in Europe where there wasn't even one book. Not even a Bible for the local priest (assuming he could read). Now books are going through another change in media continuing the change from clay tablet, to scroll, to parchment, to paper. Prior to ebooks if I bought a book I had to wait a week or better (assuming I didn't find it on sale locally) for the book to arrive. Now it takes just a few seconds.
Yeah and so many public domain classics are free in eBook.
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