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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Didn't mean to dis you! I was only saying that the "vanity factor" of having a well-stocked library/bookshelf is missing with e-books. I wasn't speaking of you, personally. I'm sorry if it came off that way.
From a personal standpoint, I do get a certain satisfaction from having books that reflect my views and tastes. Yeah, it's vanity, I know, but hey...
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The "vanity factor" of Shelves of Impressive Books will probably go the same route as the Shelves of Impressive Music, which was replaced by a strategically-placed iPod and speakers on a tastefully-bare shelf. If the reading device is easy enough to browse (and no dedicated device should be that hard to browse), visitors should be able to thumb it on and flip quickly through pages of content in seconds.
Of course, with better screens, maybe cover thumbnails could be added to the browsing function, giving visitors the visual cues that Impressive Bookshelves feature...