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Monday, 15th February 2010

Let’s e-Liminate Digital Books: Commentary From Indiana University

From the Indiana Daily Student:

With the inception of e-books and the rising popularity of digital readers like Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iPad, bookstores will disappear into the sands of time, like cassette tapes and floppy disks. How on earth am I supposed to have a “Beauty and the Beast” library (complete with sliding ladders) if there is no such thing as a physical book?

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Oh, you want to borrow my copy of “The Da Vinci Code”? Sure, let me just virtually slide it off my virtual bookshelf and virtually hand it to you.

The laziness of modern society astounds me. It is not going to break your back to carry a paperback book weighing a few ounces.

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One digital publishing executive argues that digital readers will encourage people to read more once they can purchase e-books for a lower price than paper books. Frankly, people who only pick up books to fulfill required reading for classes would not be getting hooked on phonics even if books were free. Oh, wait, they are — at a place called the library.

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E-books are just another step in the corporate giants’ plan to exploit consumerism and make electrical sockets the new crack-cocaine. And the most depressing part about it is that all I can do to stop it is rant for 500 words.

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