tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post5019788277214027825..comments2023-10-21T14:30:15.714+01:00Comments on Helena Halme Author: A Sunday rant on the digital future for booksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-21706591799751052452011-04-18T14:51:04.079+01:002011-04-18T14:51:04.079+01:00PV, I agree wholeheartedly! xxPV, I agree wholeheartedly! xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-432647725579058102011-04-18T13:34:56.558+01:002011-04-18T13:34:56.558+01:00Bird in the Bush, As long as we all want to 'h...Bird in the Bush, As long as we all want to 'have our Kindle and read it' (wonderfully put!), I believe printed books will survive, be it on a smaller scale. This also ensures that the writers get some money for their words...<br /><br />Michelle, I completely agree with you - after all internet, TV, film dvd's etc. didn't destroy painting as an art form.<br /><br />Imogen, your story gives me hope! <br /><br />xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-81215808655937655172011-04-18T13:31:43.889+01:002011-04-18T13:31:43.889+01:00I love book stores. One of the accidental results ...I love book stores. One of the accidental results of Big Bookstore demise, in the States anyway, is the potential rise of the indie bookstore.<br /><br />Who wouldn't rather buy books from the owner and fellow reader?PV Lundqvisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144485318046805732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-26985396266693398412011-04-18T13:16:39.799+01:002011-04-18T13:16:39.799+01:00When my parents first met (1961), my mother worked...When my parents first met (1961), my mother worked in publishing and my father was a studio engineer at Abbey Road. Their first real conversation was a row about his insistance that printed books were going to be out-moded within five years by tape-to-tape recorded audio books. As the years went by he had further theories, all based on the hope/desire/expectation that the latest technology would replace books. Fifty years later, he's yet to be proved right about any of these theories... He was a book lover, incidentally!Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811393485894960485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-48063406966176117862011-04-18T10:33:37.106+01:002011-04-18T10:33:37.106+01:00Of all the places to lose oneself, an independent ...Of all the places to lose oneself, an independent bookshop is one of the best. I stumbled across a treasure in Sydney once that I never wanted to leave. It was a converted terraced house with library like rooms, complete with aged leather arm-chairs, loo tables piled with books, and classical music piped throughout. Bliss! (And yes, I did buy from there.)<br />You just can't experience an e-book in the same way. Ok on a plane I guess, but no, no thanks.<br />Books are not only content, but things of beauty in and of themselves.Michelle Trusttumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07884862204260428780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-7325228878482228962011-04-18T10:31:55.917+01:002011-04-18T10:31:55.917+01:00I am so glad England's Lane Books continues to...I am so glad England's Lane Books continues to flourish... this is a wonderful thing. Pathetically I sit on both sides of the digital/print fence. I have a Kindle and treasure it's size & capacity when travelling with limited baggage allowance, yet nothing will ever stop me rummaging in charity shops for well-loved books in print...<br />The question is "Can I have my Kindle and read it"?<br />Bird xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05970882438806917381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-29616176134797628322011-04-17T23:39:09.596+01:002011-04-17T23:39:09.596+01:00I love the feel of books too but worry I may also ...I love the feel of books too but worry I may also be a dinosaur...xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-30016979632275287342011-04-17T22:58:44.942+01:002011-04-17T22:58:44.942+01:00I quite like my paper, but then I'm sure I'...I quite like my paper, but then I'm sure I'm also a dinosaur.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-46772390280352800962011-04-17T16:59:41.880+01:002011-04-17T16:59:41.880+01:00Paper books will always win hands down with me. I...Paper books will always win hands down with me. I can see advantages pf kindles etc, travelling light, plane journeys. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I like to hold a book in my hand.B Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818322719920646859noreply@blogger.com