John Kahane (jkahane) wrote,
John Kahane
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The Book Will Survive

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 Survive

Irvine actually has come up with some excellent, extremely compelling arguments about the subject and why traditional books will survive, and hits the nail on the proverbial head quite accurately for the most part. He has certainly pointed out the reasons why I prefer books, at any rate.
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