Monday, January 16, 2006

The future of books ...

Grumpy Old Bookman considers Robert McCrum on the future of the book . One of the links there contains this fine observation:

Of course there will always be printed books -- at any rate during the lifetime of anyone likely to be reading this. And I think we shall increasingly see an emphasis on the book as object -- as a beautiful piece of design -- in addition to the continuing and inevitable emphasis on content. However, I expect that, within ten years, and probably a whole lot sooner, we shall have a hand-held electronic device which is easier to read than the average mass-market paperback, some of which are exceedingly cheap and nasty.

I like that phrase "cheap and nasty." It was the title of great punk rock tune by the Piranhas.

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