"By making books commodities, the modern market has stripped them of much of their romantic charm. I like the smell of a moldy book as much as the next bibliophile, but not as much as I once did. And while I've yet to purchase a Kindle or iPad, which make buying books in a store or online seem like hard work, I keep some titles on my netbook and iPod and can see myself making a fuller transition to e-books. And as I do, I'll become even less romantic about books—just as I became progressively less romantic about music as my collection has shifted from vinyl to CDs to mp3s. Holding an LP cover or even a CD jacket used to anchor the listener to something corporeal. But not anymore."
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The fallen status of books makes it hard times for hardcovers. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine
The fallen status of books makes it hard times for hardcovers. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine:
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