tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299780.post8262007933549729524..comments2024-03-01T10:54:42.126+00:00Comments on The Willesden Herald: Stick your ebooksOssianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095236313068093836noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299780.post-12516050854874909902011-05-27T10:32:22.349+01:002011-05-27T10:32:22.349+01:00It's also worth bearing in mind that online bo...It's also worth bearing in mind that online booksellers have a vested interest in claiming that ebooks are taking over. In fact they have a vested interest in eradicating printed books because they can then control the market for reading at little or no cost for materials and delivery.Ossianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095236313068093836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299780.post-68665112599463066622011-05-25T22:08:34.991+01:002011-05-25T22:08:34.991+01:00When you have a Kindle (I hate having to use its n...When you have a Kindle (I hate having to use its name, it's definitely about book burning - they burn the book into the memory, but I don't find it amusing) and you download a novel, you then have a Kindle and a novel. You still don't have a book.Ossianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095236313068093836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299780.post-40405668019862617192011-05-25T20:03:21.296+01:002011-05-25T20:03:21.296+01:00i think it may have been Paul Morley who said some...i think it may have been Paul Morley who said something to the effect of 'when you have a Kindle and a book it is the book which seems to be of the future'.rainbow spikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299780.post-77534418148228870432011-05-25T19:44:24.539+01:002011-05-25T19:44:24.539+01:00I felt the same. Then I thought o wot the hell I o...I felt the same. Then I thought o wot the hell I ought to find out for myself, so got one for Christmas. They are OK. Know what, they are just books. The same but different. It is not the same experience, but it is just as engrossing, when reading a page-turner. Thats what I think will happen - commercial/genre work will gather on e books, and lit will be less popular. But who knows, thats just one person musing.<br /><br />Poetry is hopeless on ebook, by the way. I bought an expensive Heaney collection - should not have bothered. The poems dont sit right on the 'pages'Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.com