Will e-books kill the book?

Well, I just looked through the news and I see nothing about Barnes and Noble shutting down their stores. Only something about them not stocking Amazon titles, since they're competing with them. They're probably struggling, true, but they're not shutting down. Maybe it's just the ones in your area.

I don't know anyone in my life who has an e-reader. Most of them have iPods, yes, but none of them has an e-reader. And I seriously doubt they'll be getting one. If people don't buy books, they use the library.

 

Greetings.

Well it seems that most replies are sort of Books will not be trashed.. but E-books will get an audience.

This is sensible. Books are in of themselves. E-books require electricity.
And Hardware.
Thats a BIG difference.

Prill

 

I shall miss books, though i cannot complain about the advantages of having a kindle (space, n luggage wise). Then again i would not want to live in a future when technology is overused.

 

You can still read a paper book while having a kindle you know. You don't have to miss anything.

 

I have and LOVE my Kindle...I have the Kindle Fire....not really an e-reader, but it is mainly for books, and I so wish I had one when I was in college. I think it would be wonderful to just carry a Kindle instead of 3 or 4 huge textbooks. I can see them growing in popularity as an alternative in that regard. :scholar:

At the same time, tho....there are certain books I will always buy in paper format. I buy the books I would normally buy in paperback on my Kindle, but anything that I would have bought hardcover in the past, I will still buy from a bookstore. There is just something about holding a book that an e-reader can't replace.

 

Meh.. i much prefer real books.. why? because used books are so fucking cheap on amazon and other used book websites.. books for $0.01? why would you go any other way?

 

Keep the books alive; even if you want to use an E-Book. Don`t kill the paperbacks completely ( some people will still use them )!

 

e-book sux

 

My guess is the ebook won't so much kill paper books... paper books will more just die of old age like papyrus scrolls and vellum parchment.

 

paer book for 0.01, are you exageranting?

 

paper books for 0.01, are you exagerating? :sunny::book:

 

Somehow fairlight, I don't think we need to worry needlessly over this issue. Once upon a time, computers were supposed to do away with paper files - ha ha

I strongly support my library! It is a resource we don't want to have disappear.

 

I actually really don't understand the big deal about books going away. You can put a virtual library on a kindle to carry around everywhere with you. Being able to publish works without going through a formal publication company is a snap, because it's as simple as uploading your work to whatever market you choose. If you're into piracy (not an endorsement of such behavior), you can download 1000s of pdf books on to your computer. Dead tree media are coming to an end. There's nothing particularly difficult about reading on a kindle. It's something you get used to.

 

For the record, I read the first page and the last 2...that being said...

There is NO WAY, for me, the kindle or ANYFUCKINGTHING will ever replace the hard copy of a book.

I LOVE browsing through "real" book stores as well as every single thrift store in this town (or even any others) for a what I certainly consider a Real Book. In this house there are literally thousands of books - and we Most Probably Should do some downsizing in that area (lol) - but still. I would bet most older folks - the fastest growing demographic in the world - feel the same way I do.

 

No, paper books will stay around as well.

 

It would be hard for kindle to replace an illustrated book, but maybe most people don't care about illustrations nowadays.

 

It's incredibly optimistic. What an incredible strain on our finite resources to try to cling to paper books. We can save space by a factor of 1000 or more and access anything we want 100 times faster than page turning manually.

 

I like to turn a manual page.That is the act of reading.I've been a bit harsh on the e-book here,and maybe that's not entirely fair.If it gets kids reading - and kids love technology - then that's a good thing.I just think if the hard-copy book disappears it will lead to a decline in standards - because worthwhile writers won't be able to make a living from their work.I just don't like e-books and that is my gut instinct.Books have an aura and presence that just cannot be replaced - a certain magic if you will.

 

I think that's the same feeling people had about the horse and buggy and candles.

 

Our resources are infinite if the paper industry would just switch to hemp....