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nekokami · 05-17-2007, 01:03 PM

I read more novels now than I did 20 years ago, partially because I can afford to. And probably the fact that I no longer watch TV helps, too.

But I know I'm atypical in that regard.

I think, though, that with the development of portable electronics capable of using as book readers as well as a variety of other functions, book reading may come back into style. When book content is as easy to obtain as video content (e.g. you can turn on a channel and get some), it may compete better than it has in the past couple of decades.

05-17-2007, 01:03 PM	#17
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I read more novels now than I did 20 years ago, partially because I can afford to. And probably the fact that I no longer watch TV helps, too. But I know I'm atypical in that regard. I think, though, that with the development of portable electronics capable of using as book readers as well as a variety of other functions, book reading may come back into style. When book content is as easy to obtain as video content (e.g. you can turn on a channel and get some), it may compete better than it has in the past couple of decades.