On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > c b wrote: >> The future society with no books...is here. The Market is abolishing >> books, not government. > > isn't an electronic book also a "book"? it's not as good as > old-fashioned books in some ways (it's hard if not impossible to lend > to someone, for example), but it's better in others (I can read one on > my phone).
The biggest problem with ebooks in my opinion is that they are unlikely to have anywhere close to the longevity of paper books. It is not certain that you will be able to access the ebook that you buy today in say, 10 years time. -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
