It’s kind of sad . . . with the ‘Nook’ and ‘Kindle’ going out, old fashion books are loosing their place.
Borders has already closed its doors all over the country..
how long do you think it will be until they stop publishing books all together?
Centuries. People who read books love them and are not fans of electronic books for the most part.
I have the free Kindle app on my ipod touch and rarely use it. (I put free books on it.) For one thing, no pictures. That’s crucial in say the books of Da Vinci. You can’t share books with friends. You can’t take it in the bathtub. It’s terrible for flipping back and forth in a book or going back to the table of contents in a book of short stories. And if Amazon takes a notion, they can delete any book out of your system. (They did it with 1984 when they discovered they were selling an illegal copy.) And frankly, it’s too easy for the government to check on what books you have because of that system.
Nook has pictures, but still has some of the other problems. The books are not cheaper than paper and you can’t buy a used version of the books. You have to spend upwards of $100 for the device, which will like be old in a couple of years, and that’s before you buy any books at full price. You also can’t use the books on other things. So if a book you want is only on Kindle, you can’t use it on Nook, and vice versa. You can’t sell them for money to buy a new book.
Borders and similar stores are not closing because of Nook and Kindle. They were in trouble before those came out. They are closing because most of their books are still full price. And the economy is tanking. People can buy books for less either at used books stores, online stores, or other sources. The internet is why they are closing, not because the books are paper.
With paper books, you can take them everywhere. You don’t have to recharge them. You can lend them to friends. They don’t depend on technology. You can flip forward and find out the ending or flip back to find a relevant passage or part you forgot. They have incredible illustrations that show better on paper. You can buy used ones and save a bunch of money. The won’t become obsolete by changing technology. The bibilophiles of the world are very reluctant to give up real books.
Imagine having an entire library of books and your device dies. You have to spend another 100 plus dollars and then go through the hassle of figuring out what books you had and downloading them again, if they have your records. What if the company no longer exists or insists you buy a new version since you had an older technology. That won’t happen with a book.