The Book Will Survive

[jkahane]

Have been catching up with a bit of the news, and came across the story that Amazon announced that it sells more e-books than printed books. Andrew Irvine, who teaches at the University of British Columbia, responded to this about why books will survive.

The Book Will SurviveIrvine actually has come up with some excellent, extremely compelling

Comments

[canadian_jay]

Also, books will survive because Picard is still reading them however many centuries in the future that is. *nod* (Although such habits are considered 'old-fashioned' and 'out-dated' by then. But still. It's on Star Trek, so it must be so. ;P)

[jkahane]

Not the most convincing reason that I've heard for it, but one that works for me, too. :)

A few thoughts

[absinthe_dot_ca]

If one of the "big" eBook vendors/licensers goes dark, and millions of people can't access their "bought and paid for" books any more, that will have a huge impact on this business model

Re: A few thoughts

[jkahane]

You make some excellent points above, mate, but to me one of the most compelling reasons is the last one you cite! :)