The Value of Books
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- neonspice
So I just wanted to ask what you guys think of the value of books today, now that the internet has taken over, and with the rise of e-readers such as iPad or Kindle or Nook, and with the likes of Google launching their eBookstore.
I mean, if you could read it online, why bother buying it in print right? Will books necessary fade off and become extinct just like what happened to CDs after the mp3 format (and iPod) came into existence?
I mean, will anyone care if I took all the lolcat images from icanhascheezburger.com and made it into a beautiful book? Will there be a point at all? Or will it just be a fucking waste of paper?
- maquito0
Ecstasy?
- imbecile0
fact: cds are of better quality than the mp3s sold through high volume retailers such as itunes, amazon etc...
- imbecile0
fact: many popular blogs have been converted into printed books, for instance "Things White People Like."
- shit my dad saysPixter
- That last one is a TV show too...I think.WrappedInBooks
- moIdero0
"will anyone care if I took all the lolcat images from icanhascheezburger.com"
icanhascheezburger.com might care i guess.
- Dodecahedron0
books arn't going anywhere
- imbecile0
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- intVal0
books aren't virtual.
- Hombre_Lobo_20
My mate asked Adrian shaugnessy this question.
A.S. Is really into publishing these days and he thinks it will only dent the real book and paper Market, people enjoy the sentimental feel of books. If it ever happens, which he highly doubted he said it will be a very very long time until it takes it over.
IIRC
- ernexbcn0
I think there will be always a place for real books, people still like collecting stuff.
- SoulFly0
The truth is, even though MP3 has been around since the late 1990's I believe, and factoring in Internet speed, etc, most people in the US still buy more CDs than buy music online. So the book won't go away so fast. So I don't think CDs are extinct just yet, if you are using that as a bench mark
- The cd stats are dropping like a rock and digital sales always climb. So in the next 5 years downloads will prob eclipse cd.DrBombay
- BuddhaHat0
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/…
Back in July the scales for ebooks started tipping in a big way... hardbacks are generally only new release, so there are still a huge quantity of back-catalogue paperbacks that sell by the bucketload.
Some textbooks will never really be as useful in ebook format as they are in printed form, as you have to flip back and forth through references and stats etc.
My folks own a big bookstore in Australia, and while sales are still good and the business is going well, the gadget-person in me wants them to sell it... I don't want them to have nothing to sell in 10 years just in case we're all wrong.
- drgz0
I thought they were for decoration
- raf0
I have a Kindle. I use it to read free books (virtually everything older than 100 years is free) and browse the web for free when abroad.
I bought one Kindle book, it was about €3. I am not a good example of a book buyer as I get most of my stuff from my local library, but since I got the Kindle I kept buying paper books (albums, reference).