I love a good paperback thriller or true crime story.A book is great cos you can dip in and out at your own pace
But with all the technology we have today will they soon be redundant and replaced by some electronic equivelent
2007-07-17 20:29:21 · 22 answers · asked by Jax Back 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I think they could replace them already, but I am book reader and I like the feel of books, holding, touching, the smell, turning the pages so I would not want to replace that with something electronic.
2007-07-17 20:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by shafter 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Really deep observation!
I had a "vision" about this type of electronic book. Like, an electronic device that looked like a sheet of paper with a remote control clipping onto the side of it. And it was cool, because you could use the remote to find the name of the book you wanted to read, and the cover would appear on the electronic paper. Then, you could use a stylus or something to get to the next "pages." I'd actually love that.
But I do love a good paperback. Nothing could replace that.
=)
2007-07-17 20:34:59 · answer #2 · answered by xxWannabeWriterxx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NOOOOOO this can not happen there is nothing finer than turning the pages of a good paperback, especially if they are nice and new and crisp but also on the other side of the coin if the books have been read so many times and the pages are soft and flimsy and well loved i would sooo miss the feel of the pages as I'm reading. (oops well don't i just sound the weirdo amongst us but avid book readers will know what I'm harping on about, I hope lol)
2007-07-18 10:55:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which is cooler: sitting in a cafe on the Boulevard Saint Germain with a coffee and a book which identifies you as intelligent / bohemian / whatever, or reading a pdf off some notebook device. Humm. ;)
Thing is, books will never be totally replaced because many people have rooms full of the things, and pick them up and read them as they will.
I think it would be quite sad if no more books were published that you could touch and smell.
Even if electronic technology 'takes over' I reckon they'd still be a large group of people who would carry and read books.
2007-07-17 21:48:44 · answer #4 · answered by Multiblue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personaly, I think most people still love the touch and feel of a printed book, since computers have been in existence they have said the printed word would die off, its not happened yet, and i think it will be really unlikely that it ever will. Firstly, any non fiction book is usually well researched before it is written and the sources are proven, but when it come to the internet, there is no verification that what someone says is fact is really true.. I dont see it ever disappearing
2007-07-18 01:36:02 · answer #5 · answered by mr_scotsguy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, a bit like holding a cigarette (where the difficulty in quitting is also about *not* holding something between your fingers), it's a question of habit - it's easier to turn a book's pages than it is to scroll down an electronic document, so I do not think it's time for books to die, rather the contrary! :-)
As for electronic documents, it's the right excuse, at work, to say you produce something that most people will just skim through - an electronic document doesn't grab people's attention as much.
2007-07-17 21:56:09 · answer #6 · answered by soniaandree 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think books are still v popular. Well loved authors still have plenty of fans willing to pay for a copy, rather than use electronic sources. Just look at all the hype there is over the last Harry Potter!
2007-07-17 22:16:44 · answer #7 · answered by NCbabe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think books will go away anytime because people love books too much. Why change something that works and has been used since pretty much forever. I for one would never stop reading an actual book just because there is an electronic version. Books have already been made into cassette, CD... ect and unless you are blind or do alot of driving, you don't buy them. Thats just my opinion. If it does happen I hope im already dead.
2007-07-17 20:38:13 · answer #8 · answered by skatermoose_1 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have read electronic books and after a while it hurts your eyes to look at it. I think it will be a long time, if ever, before paper books disappear 'cause, for people who enjoy reading, there is something enjoyable about holding that book in your hand and turning the pages.
2007-07-18 03:47:07 · answer #9 · answered by Redhead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. The traditional book has a serious advantage over the e-book. You can read it at anytime as long as you have light without a need electricity or a special reader. The readers can run off batteries, but should the batteries die and you can't plug the read into an outlet for whatever the reason, then you can't keep reading./
2007-07-17 20:38:37 · answer #10 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋