From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 23:32:29 MST
> (spike66 <spike66@ATTBI.com>):
> >
> I have purchased exactly two hardbound books in the last
> 12 months (both of them written by Damien Broderick).
> I used to buy average 30 to 50 books a year.
That is an interesting statistic. I probably a book a week
or so even today; in fact I've bought about 8 in March (sorry,
Damien, none of yours; but I already have Spike in hardback
and White Abacus in paperback). I don't know if that will
change if technology does. Maybe it will. But it is
evidence that there is still value in things other than the
mere information: the sensual experience of a book and of a
bookstore; the easy handling, universal reliable access and
long-term storage; the ability to give as physical gifts,
and many other benefits of real books-as-product. One could
probably say the same kinds of things about live performances
of music. None of those things is going away because of
technology--just becoming valued for different reasons.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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