What Will Happen To Print Books ?
Hold it in your hand…
Feel it and smell it…
Turn its pages…
Dog its pages, if you dare.
I, personally, feel print books will stay with us forever.
One good sign of this is an article in The Guardian by Robert McCrum called Traditional books, dressed to kill…
It's about publishers making hardbacks with covers that harken back to an age of marked respect for the printed book.
The standard, mass-market paperback may disappear but trade paperbacks could survive.
And, I certainly hope independent book artists survive—people like Mia Leijonstedt.
I met her on Google Plus and instantly fell in love with what she does with books.
This image is from her personal site:
Her comment on the next image is interesting:
"A dear friend and a truly wonderful human being inspired me with her request for a little book as a pendant… This one is covered in reindeer leather and incorporates a Sichuan Quartz ("Tibetan Herkimer") with a type of jasper called African Turquoise."
What do you think will happen to print books as ebooks continue to take the world by storm??
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