Anthology Builder
I talked in a previous post about Anthology Builder. I just received my first anthology from them, even quicker than was promised. I wrote more about it on my main blog, if you’d like to read.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Ebooks vs. Traditional Formats
I my Chinese class, I was recently asked to write an essay answering the question, “do you think ebooks will replace the traditional formats of books that we use today?”
I don’t think it is actually very likely to happen, but not because I think ebooks will be a flop. In fact, I fully expect ebooks to get to be more and more popular over time, with better and better technology and more choices available. I think they will, ultimately, offer us one more choice.
A day might come when people don’t like using paper books at all, I guess. But I think it is a very, very long time away, if it does come. In my lifetime, I think that paper-based books will always be preferred by a large segment of the population.
I know that there are arguments that papyrus, stone tablets, etc., all eventually went by the wayside in preference for paper books, and that paper books will eventually likewise make way for e-books. That is true, I suppose. But I suspect it will be a much slower process now. Mostly, I think this is because such a large portion of the world’s population is now educated, and uses paper books regularly. Unlike in the past where reading was an activity for the select few, reading today is something nearly everyone does. That will make for a much slower change to e-books than any change that has happened in the past, I think.
At any rate, technology is quickly catching up, and ebooks are, I think, here to stay.
