Future of the Book
The first e-book readers (Rocket eBook & SoftBook Reader) were launched in Silicon Valley in 1998. November 2007 saw Amazon release the Amazon Kindle (Cost: $399). It sold out in 5 1/2 hours. Today, 7 generations of Kindle later, there are 3.6m e-books (including my 2 novels) on the Amazon Kindle Store.
Approximately 30% of books are now sold as e-books. However, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the demise of the paper book is not imminent. Nielsen BookScan (tracks what readers are...
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Jason
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Jul 26, 2015 12:18AM
I still read paperbacks too, some books just need to be read that way. Libraries around here still seem to be lively, so hopefully the paper book still has some life in it soon.
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I still mainly use my kindle, just cos eBooks are cheap, you can get a cheap paperback book but there is loads of shipping to add on. Some though you gotta own a real copy of. It's my birthday soon and I've sent out my requests.
Jason wrote: "I still mainly use my kindle, just cos eBooks are cheap, you can get a cheap paperback book but there is loads of shipping to add on. Some though you gotta own a real copy of. It's my birthday so..."What are your birthday requests Jason?
J.A. wrote: "You can't beat the feel of a book, the experience of reading one, flicking the pages, the smell of the pages. I personally don't use kindles and readers. I have a reader, but I don't use it anymore."Nothing beats a real book J.A., but I like reading ebooks too.
Guy wrote: "Jason wrote: "I still mainly use my kindle, just cos eBooks are cheap, you can get a cheap paperback book but there is loads of shipping to add on. Some though you gotta own a real copy of. It's ..."These ones I've asked for...
Stone Hotel: Poems From Prison
Diary of a Compulsive Madness
The Peregrine
Sightlines
There was a fifth book I think, can't remember what it was now.
