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Originally Posted by tcv
Ah-ha. I am curious: Why is it not disposable?
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To some degree, it's a 'cultural thing'. While growing up in Europe and the U.S., I was taught and advised by almost every adult I encountered to respect and appreciate books (
''Books are your friends!"). To this day, I still have a very special feeling regarding bound volumes. I still feel a strange sadness when I see a damaged or poorly disgarded book. Books are somehow, more significant than a magazine or newspaper. A book is meant to be consumed, absorbed over a period of time and also to be available for revistation. Magazines and newpapers serve a much more immediate need. It's sort of like comparing a McDonald's or a Burger King to a Michelin star rated resturant, you can fill your belly at either, but the memory of the meal will last much longer, more vividly at one of those.
I think that,
more than anything, our cultural attachment to and reverance of books is the greatest barrier to a more widespread acceptance of ebooks...
--ryan