Good news on the dead tree front

2009 July 4
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by adamsmith1922

NZ Herald reprints an article from The Observer which discusses London publisher George Weidenfeld’s views on the future of books.

Good to see that he believes the printed page will be with us for a while yet.

Adam is of the view that books on paper possess a special something which a Kindle for example just cannot replicate.

To Adam books are special, they are not electronic files. They are things to be treasured and passed on to others.

from → Innovation, Life, Literature

3 Responses
  1. 2009 July 6
    homepaddock permalink

    A poster in the University of Otago English Department says: I read therefore I think.
    The reading doesn’t have to be books, but there’s something about them the electronic equivalent has yet to match.

  2. 2009 July 4
    macdoctor permalink

    Without books, the shelves in my study would be decorated with (small gasp of horror!) ornaments.

  3. 2009 July 4
    Adolf Fiinkensein permalink

    A bit like tablets of stone?

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