So tired...
I don't know why I keep trying to post when I'm half asleep, but I do. Oh well. My office sent out an interesting little article on the rise of e-books in academic publishing and in publishing in general if memory serves me. I will have to share some of that article soon - perhaps the whole thing.
On the one hand, it saddens me greatly to think that they could ever replace an actual book with a digital file. On the other hand, I have ot admit that there are some pretty cool features to some e-books (the ones that go beyond a mere pdf file.) I can't imagine an honest-to-God paper-and-binding book ever becoming a thing of the past. The feel, the smell, the look of books is just an all around enjoyable experience. (Anyone ever read R.O.D.?) There is something about holding a book that just can't be duplicated by looking at a screen. The experience is just different - more tactile and real in a way...
Okay, I will stop blabbing about e-books versus real books until I have had some sleep and posted at least some of the article that brought on this burst of psychobabble.
On the one hand, it saddens me greatly to think that they could ever replace an actual book with a digital file. On the other hand, I have ot admit that there are some pretty cool features to some e-books (the ones that go beyond a mere pdf file.) I can't imagine an honest-to-God paper-and-binding book ever becoming a thing of the past. The feel, the smell, the look of books is just an all around enjoyable experience. (Anyone ever read R.O.D.?) There is something about holding a book that just can't be duplicated by looking at a screen. The experience is just different - more tactile and real in a way...
Okay, I will stop blabbing about e-books versus real books until I have had some sleep and posted at least some of the article that brought on this burst of psychobabble.