what is the good points of book?

Answer 1

In his column in the Wall Street Journal today, Lee Gomes tries to debunk Chris Anderson's Long Tail theory, and on his Long Tail blog today, Anderson tries to debunk Gomes's debunking. It's an interesting - and important - debate, and I find myself agreeing with both gentlemen.

Gomes's main point is that the Long Tail has been oversold - that it's not as long or as important as it's been made out to be. He writes:

In the book's main sections, Mr. Anderson writes that as things move online, sales of misses will increase - so much so that they can equal or exceed the sales of hits. The latter is the book's showstopper proposition; it's mentioned twice on the book's jacket.

I was thus a little surprised when Mr. Anderson told me that he didn't have any examples of this actually occurring. At Netflix and Amazon, two of his biggest case studies, misses won't outsell hits for at least another decade, he said. None of these qualifications are in the book.

Answer 2

In a book a story or character can be better developed than in a movie. A movie is limited by time and a plot cannot be done in one movie, without leaving out whole chunks of the story, a book on the other hand could do it in one large volume with small type.

Star Wars episodes 1 to 6 for example could be done in two large volumes without losing too much of the original movie plots.

Answer 3

What are the good points of a book or what is the good point of a book? A spine, lots of pages and some glue to stop the whole thing falling to bits. Am I being sarcastic? I guess that makes me a non-American (more points deducted for being cruel to dumb animals).

Answer 4

You really need to ask? Books and written records are the defining difference between civilisation (city dwellers) and the rest of the world. Without books there would be no written anything and virtually no formal learning and little if any scientific advancement, Ancient civilisations advanced in all directions because of their libraries. Sad to think that the medium I am now using might one day do away with the need for books at all.

Answer 5

I think the good points of books are that they have been regarded as one of our great literary cultures worldwide handed down to us since thousand of years ago. Just imagine there were not any written or printed books of any kind along human evolutions or civilizations, then how was all knowledge in every field of studies and research studied and flourished till we can be in the IT era nowadays?

Answer 6

A good fiction book has well developed characters and an interesting plot to keep you guessing. A good non fiction book increases your knowledge about a particular subject. A non fiction book both entertains and enlightens you.

Answer 7

You are not being told what to think, to see, to imagine, as you do when you see movies. Creative thinking and imagination is explored by reading a book. Plus, linguistically it is better off, than just listening and seeing the movie.

Answer 8

i don't understand the question, do you mean whats the point of books? if so try reading some and you'll see, they are very educational, depending on what you like reading

Answer 9

It's portable. Cheap. U don't need any extra equipment. You can imagine every detail. No bad acting.