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e-readers are amazing!
AnAverageWriter:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 30 Jan 2011, 11:31 ---Since you are so sure e-readers don't have any positive points themselves
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I never said that.
jhocking:
Sure you did. I quoted it twice already; here it is again because you keep missing/ignoring my quotes:
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 30 Jan 2011, 10:25 ---The printing press enabled automated book production. It did not, as e-readers are, simply replace the printed format.
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AnAverageWriter:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 30 Jan 2011, 11:34 ---Sure you did. I quoted it twice already; here it is again because you keep missing/ignoring my quotes.
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I think you've misread, or I may not have been clear enough. I was referring to the replacement of printed book text. I wasn't addressing additional "features" at that point, I was talking about supplanting, not just supplementing. The printing press supplemented book printing. Many people believe that e-readers (including their features) supplant the printed book.
ackblom12:
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 30 Jan 2011, 11:30 ---
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 30 Jan 2011, 11:24 ---I believe Stephen is the penis-melon in question.
AnAverageWriter, I'm intrigued as to what you mean by "your kind".
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I was referring in that instance to the individual who took my entire post and insinuated that it was nothing but an old-fashioned, quaint, outdated longing for book smells. I do have a concern for the future of print. I've seen authors abandon it firsthand- which was why I mentioned Warren Adler.
I'm sure I'll get mocked for this post too.
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Now see, that is a proper response and yay. Now I'll stop being childish as well.
If you took the one sarcastic comment in that response and applied it to the whole response, then maybe you actually should re-read it and not take it so personally rather than dismiss any and all points made.
If you actually think that print will totally die out, that's fine. However, there is a point to be made about there being a continuing market for print. As Barmymoo said, if print dies out 100% it'll because there was no market whatsoever for it. If they want a physical version to sell, and if they perceive there to be a market for it, and they very likely will, it will have to be improved upon from what the modern day offering is. That is not hard to improve upon to be perfectly honest. There will continue to be a market, at least for a good long while, for people who do want the physical object. For example, my leather bound Centennial Collection of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories. Of course I bought it, I love books! I love Robert Howard and I found it quite worth it to purchase the CE so that I can add it to my book shelf and enjoy the physical product along with the written works.
The fact is, if a publisher finds a market for it, it's going to be made. Same as the Vinyl resurgence and every other "outdated" technology that has survived.
Edit: Basically Ozy said most of what I was attempting as well as a bit of a history lesson to go along with it.
pwhodges:
This is no longer about e-readers, and should not have reached this level. Shame on you all.
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