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The Future of Books
By: Booklover123 Date: November 24, 2013, 10:44 pm
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What do you guys think will become of books in the near future
thanks to social media?
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Re: The Future of Books
By: P. Moriarty Date: November 24, 2013, 10:54 pm
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Future hallowed literature will probably be a collection of blog
posts off Live Journal.
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Re: The Future of Books
By: Harrypotterfan Date: November 24, 2013, 10:58 pm
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To me this new era will be good for writers and publishers they
will be able to reach a larger customer base and they will be
saving on printing and paper costs.
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Re: The Future of Books
By: Booklover123 Date: November 24, 2013, 11:02 pm
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I agree with you guys 100 percent. the fact is that everyone
will have an equal chance to publish their work, there is no
longer a restriction on what some authors can write about it
will be up to the readers to decide if they like or dislike what
they read. This means more freedom for writers to speak their
minds.
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Re: The Future of Books
By: Harry Woppervottom Date: November 24, 2013, 11:09 pm
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But since there will be more stuff out there, don' t you think
that the quality would actually get better? Authors would have
to rise above others in order to stand out, and the bar would be
set higher.
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Re: The Future of Books
By: Jblaw Date: November 24, 2013, 11:11 pm
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Yeah but sometimes people have *awful* taste. Jersey Shore,
anyone? We'll wind up churning out bestsellers that are
reality-show quality.
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Re: The Future of Books
By: Guinevere Date: November 24, 2013, 11:18 pm
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Okay but we also have fantastic shows like Game of Thrones...
And if we flood the world with more books and new genres it can
only do good.
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Re: The Future of Books
By: Booklover123 Date: November 24, 2013, 11:19 pm
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I agree that some people may try and use blogs to make a show
into a book but for a show to have been popular people have to
be interested and if people are reading that is still a good
thing they are learning no matter how bad the show show may be
;).
Books are a great tool and the more people are introduced to it
the better to me nothing will ever beat a hardcover book in my
hand but i think that it is great to be able to just search up a
book and have it without leaving home or having to wait till
someone is done with it.
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Re: The Future of Books
By: John Smith Date: November 25, 2013, 4:44 pm
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Yes, the physical book has a future, as long as people have
space in their homes to store them. Despite the fact I love real
hard-copy books, specifically nonfiction, I'm forced to use PDFs
and other electronic media simply for lack of space in my
dwelling. Again, for reasons of space scarcity, I don't usually
print them out, and that I regret. In my case, and perhaps in
that of others, the main drawback with e-books is that I tend to
doze off in front of the computer screen, whereas that is less
likely when reading the physical version of the written work.
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Re: The Future of Books
By: Maxxiane Date: November 25, 2013, 4:54 pm
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I'm pro books - real books, not e-books. Why? It's because they
are real. I love the look of them, how they are made, the feel
of them, the smell of them... yes, the smell. There's nothing
like the wonderful smell of an old book. I bury my nose deep
inside the pages and take a long whiff. Nothing can beat that,
certainly no e-book can. Am I old fashioned? Quiet possibly, but
after spending all day staring at a backlit screen (my computer
monitor) I don't want to spend any of my recreational time
staring at that same screen.
And while things change and there may come a time when people
sip their sunday cyber coffee while reading their e-book, I
think there will always be a place in our society for real,
printed, hard covered books. Just like people like to been seen
in Japan carrying their Starbucks coffee cup, or businessmen on
their way to work like to be seen sporting the New York Times
under their arm, so will people like to be spotted with that
real book in their bag.
Real books will never be out of fashion
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