tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post752629969874286404..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: Black discs and retrieval machinesD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-4018820645329206442013-01-02T18:51:49.200-05:002013-01-02T18:51:49.200-05:00I'm here via RoughType.com, curiosity piqued b...I'm here via RoughType.com, curiosity piqued by your mention of cognitive aspects of e-reading and paper books.<br />and can I just say.... resounding YES!!! I've been kicking these ideas around since I got an e-reader in 2011, and you've nailed it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-41081303074989346512011-05-31T08:30:18.341-04:002011-05-31T08:30:18.341-04:00I have kept buying LPs and very few CDs and, in th...I have kept buying LPs and very few CDs and, in those last years, the LPs production and sales are (slowly) rising while the CDs are plummeting. <br />Maybe in a few years we will have ebooks and hardcover only, very well printed and well edited books. Something like the option antique shop vs Ikea.claudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08867207336478957331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-55552591859767344122011-05-23T17:16:35.738-04:002011-05-23T17:16:35.738-04:00It took me a a while to get used to my Kindle, but...It took me a a while to get used to my Kindle, but only because navigating within the text takes some extra thought and effort. <br /><br />Now that I'm acclimated to the Kindle, I have no interest in going back to paper books, except for those with many pictures and charts, which can be duplicated on the small screen but not very well.<br /><br />I doubt that paper books will ever disappear entirely, but they certainly will become more expensive as ebooks continue to outsell them. Until and unless paper publishers scale back their business models to accommodate the decreased demand.dstanley869https://www.blogger.com/profile/16853322888687852420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-79029041299963923112011-05-23T11:48:01.824-04:002011-05-23T11:48:01.824-04:00As a writer, I was very taken by your phrase "...As a writer, I was very taken by your phrase "consumer books"--so many of the titles I see in the bookstore seem to fall into that category. Can't imagine anyone rereading these....Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-18564636329906761672011-05-23T10:30:52.547-04:002011-05-23T10:30:52.547-04:00Thank you for posting these thoughts and observati...Thank you for posting these thoughts and observations. I hope your viewpoint thoroughly permeates the net and sparks hundreds of conversations. You've managed to lucidly and economically lay out many of the arguments which have bounced around in my own head regarding the issue of pixels versus print. Change will happen, of course -- no one can prevent it. But we should remain mindful of what could be potentially lost in the change. Will students at all levels retain far less of the material they read, due to their having read class texts on an e-reader rather than as part of a physical book? We probably won't know the answer until long after such effects have manifested and rebounded through our society. . . the same way that the massive substitution of corn syrup for sugar in so many of our foods since the 1970s may now be rebounding as increased levels of obesity and diabetes in the American population.Andrew Foxnoreply@blogger.com