Everywhere we read about the inminent dead of the paper book. And then are the electronic books like kindle or Sony's PRS that are selling a lot. Now, this is more serious then MP3 or blue-ray. We are talking about books! What can i say: This time is Personal!! I don't know, but you just don't burn books just like you don't throw away bread (or at least you shouldn't in front of your children). Books, bread are somehow sacred or at least there are the so called sacred books or sacred bread. You cannot imagine (not yet at least!) a sacred laptop or E-book. Hey! Even if i am as atheist as they come! The thing is that for reading a book you don't need batteries ok? And yes, maybe they gonna invent an E-book that works on solar cells someday but they are not talking about that at all yet. I read a lot on the internet but i buy books a lot as well. I even buy books that i know i won't read for a while or books i already have. Books for me are my favorite not living thing. And, now i'm being very egoist here but, i just hope they got cheaper with all this revolution so i can get more of them. It's not just about the information is about the object itself that has a history and almost a "life" on it own. And i had more then a thousand of videotapes that later became DVD's (even if i don't think they will be Blue-Ray discs for me). I have vinyl, cassets, CDs and MP3 but that is different. I like books, among many reasons, because they are not machines or they don't need one to be enjoyed. Books are like people that can be wise or stupid, rich or poor, big or small, shallow or deep, popular or aristocratic, a luxury or a necesity and everything in between. The only thing a book needs it's a reader and they can always wait one even for hundreds and hundreds of years. Call me old fashion but I wouldn't feel what i can feel for a book (a book i love) for an E-book the same that i wouldn't feel for a tamagoshi compared with a real pet. We live in practical times, I know, and some people even replace the real thing with pornography. And to me the books are like the real thing. I can love them. At least I do.(The painting by Carl Spitzweg is The Bookworm, from 1850)
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I couldn't agree more.
Have you heard Steven King is hawking the Kindel reader? His latest book is only available on the Kindel and its about a haunted Kindel.
Oh, how he mighty have fallen...
Wasn't he one of the first to sale one of his many, many (and i mean many) books in electronic format only some years ago?. Well King is the kind of man (like Michael Caine)that can create art and crap with the same hand. By the way later today I gonna check your blog, pal, I'm always looking for those quotations that you have the keen eye and taste to detect!Maybe I'm not fun of sports but time travelling is my kind of fun! 7 in the morning Stockholm time. Have a nice one!
Bueno, solo pasaba para decirte que hace tiempo desde el google capte esa PICTURE, me pareció muy fascinante ver al tio trepado sobre su escalera buscando información, cultura, cultura, libros, era otro de mis sueños de niño, quedarme encerrado en una habitación atiborrados de ejemplares de lomo emanando sabiduría...otra era encerrado en un camión de Donofrio, para comerme todos los helados....hummm yomi yoiimi!. -Dave-
Asi es choclo, yo la recuerdo antes que nada del volumen primero de la Historia de la Literatura de Prampolini que solía prestarme en la universidad allá por los años ochenta del siglo pasado, contenía las literaturas china, japonesa árabe y e hindú. Cualquier día me arrebato y me la compro completa de Iberlibro(y es que está como a casi 300 Euros!. Y si te fijaste bien el tío esta buscando libros de metafísica
I'm sorry, but I like the idea of a worñd with eBooks.
But books would be always "te real thing".
I'll just wait for the non batteries version!
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