01-31-2014, 09:09 PM | #121 |
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Don't be silly. The writing is on the wall-paper. You just steam it off, roll it up, and walk away.
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01-31-2014, 11:32 PM | #122 |
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True enough, but how many of these want to read, can even read? Where can they get pbooks from now? Do they even have time for reading? I have been to many villages in poor countries and reading is not a high priority.
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02-01-2014, 12:10 AM | #124 |
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Yes, but remember also how many billions of people have been pulled out of abject poverty over the last few decades and enjoy decent standards of living today. Can't expect it all to happen in a very short time.
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02-01-2014, 12:11 AM | #125 |
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Reading might just be that first necessary step to get out of that poverty.
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02-01-2014, 06:27 AM | #126 |
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It wasn't that long ago in terms of history when books were very rare either. One of the kings of France (I think Louis 14th) had what was considered to be a large library at the time. In all he had 24 books. Not 240, not 2,400, just 24 books. Not enough to fill even one bookcase now days, but back then books had to be hand copied (before Gutenberg) and so books were both rare and expensive. In fact those who had them had them held in leather covered wooden binders which were chained to the table. The idea was that if a rich person had a visitor who could read they would be able to read the books (with their host's permission of course) but the books couldn't just up and walk out the door in the trunks of the guest when they returned home. Now days we use bar codes to do much the same thing but it's done in order to make sure that someone pays for the book before they leave the store.
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02-01-2014, 02:42 PM | #127 |
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02-01-2014, 04:48 PM | #129 | |
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02-01-2014, 05:11 PM | #130 |
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It makes me think about the Library sketch by Mr. Bean, in which he utterly destroys a book hundreds of years old. If not for the stupidity of coming back to get his £1 bookmark from it, he would have gotten away with it.
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02-01-2014, 05:56 PM | #131 |
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True. My local library has such a section. It's where the reference books such as encyclopedia's are kept among other books. You can look stuff up and even photo copy articles so that you have the info. when writing something up (at least when I was a kid I did so) but you can't remove the books from the library.
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I prefer a tablet for reading as I don't read outdoors much although if the price was right a paper-white reader for reading outdoors is a possibility. I got used to the backlight for reading with my old pocketpc around 2001 but had been reading on my computer for a couple of years before that. Now I much prefer to do my reading with the lights out and the only light in the room from my monitors and possibly the tv. I often read six or more hours a day and find there is no more eyestrain than when I would read paper books for the same amount of time. The thing I do notice is my hands don't hurt from holding a heavy book lol. As for it being the paper versions of books still around in 200 years... well only if printed on acid free paper and kept in proper conditions. The few "paper" books I have are starting to yellow quite badly and they are less than 20 years old. I can't imagine what condition they would be in in the year 2200 lol. |
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