Monday, June 11, 2012

Indeed …

… CultureLab: The book is dead, long live the book. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)



Reid-Cunningham thinks the rumours of the printed word's death have been greatly exaggerated. Printed books will live on as art objects and collector's items, he argues, like vinyl records and daguerreotypes. People may start buying all their beach novels and periodicals in ebook formats, and curating their physical bookshelves more carefully. It is not about technology, he says, it is about people.
I've thought this for quite some time. 

1 comment:

  1. Hi Frank, I don't think books, physical books that is, will be reduced to the status of vinyl records or daguerreotypes. In the case of both vinyl and daguerreotypes, new technology significantly transformed the experience of music/photography for the better. While ebooks are definitely more convenient than physical books, apart from being able to store reams of data in one device, the experience of reading itself does not lend itself much to what technology one uses, and so, is less liable to seismic change.

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