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Oh please. Tom Send a noteboard - 09/05/2013 05:10:42 PM

There's still an industry for vinyl. Live theatre still exists. People still paint. Technology can reduce a market but not eliminate it. There is even less of a reason to transfer from books to ebooks than other art forms - books are not as fragile as vinyl or canvas, and people are sentimental about them. Certain books that are only valuable for their utility - such as IRS manuals, instructions, legal codices or the like - are already gone, but books that are read for entertainment (fiction or non-fiction) will endure.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Question about your book habits - 08/05/2013 10:25:51 PM 967 Views
pfft. i don't get rid of books. i bought a house so i could get more. and i'm only kidding a little. - 09/05/2013 12:50:46 AM 733 Views
That would be the optimum solution - 09/05/2013 02:53:54 AM 815 Views
I hoard - 09/05/2013 05:55:36 AM 777 Views
Just donate them to your library and get an ereader. The format is rapidly approaching obsolescence. - 09/05/2013 08:22:56 AM 858 Views
I could see doing that on a go-forward basis. - 09/05/2013 03:42:32 PM 789 Views
Dint say nothin' 'bout purchasin'. *NM* - 10/05/2013 08:00:36 AM 348 Views
I'm not a fan - 09/05/2013 03:55:23 PM 824 Views
Oh please. - 09/05/2013 05:10:42 PM 754 Views
You don't even keep paperback books shelved. - 10/05/2013 07:59:49 AM 770 Views
Oh, well I won't argue with that. - 12/05/2013 05:04:16 AM 716 Views
I trash them - 09/05/2013 12:29:53 PM 973 Views
I never throw books away. - 09/05/2013 05:15:52 PM 738 Views
I used to hoard them... - 10/05/2013 02:36:15 PM 794 Views
I donate them to charity *NM* - 11/05/2013 10:21:14 PM 510 Views
basically, no takers. - 20/05/2013 07:49:55 AM 728 Views

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