tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post7043642969896800569..comments2024-01-12T00:00:04.996-05:00Comments on The Paper Wait: A Paperless World?Eileen Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03147679493619958932noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-49265992148518362972008-11-09T13:52:00.000-05:002008-11-09T13:52:00.000-05:00I hope it never goes that way for kid's books. The...I hope it never goes that way for kid's books. The news I can see because it's easier to fix a story right away if it's online (or in some cases, delete it from history altogether!). But for kid's books, it would be really sad to see them no longer published. Really, really sad.Rena Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328844122193024220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-38474990554544530362008-11-07T08:12:00.000-05:002008-11-07T08:12:00.000-05:00My husband's away for the weekend and I have no ch...My husband's away for the weekend and I have no children at home - I'm heading to the bookstore for one of those books you can curl up with and spend the weekend immersed in emotions and unconscious of the outside world. It's almost like infidelity.<BR/><BR/>Maybe, though, I should write!Meg Wiviotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178051434999444739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-70136287999876087202008-11-06T08:55:00.000-05:002008-11-06T08:55:00.000-05:00KINDLE, SCHMINDLE!KINDLE, SCHMINDLE!Gale Sypher Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316827256622168039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-76769833192196096582008-11-05T13:19:00.000-05:002008-11-05T13:19:00.000-05:00I've given up the weekday paper, too, and only rea...I've given up the weekday paper, too, and only read it online. And I do regret that you lose out reading really interesting stories that you don't catch online. And I do love my Sunday paper...<BR/><BR/>In much the same vein, I don't think books will ever go away; I do think that we will all at some point use electronic readers. Not for everything. But if electronic readers truly make reading more convenient under certain circumstances, they will make their way into many, many households.<BR/><BR/>Still, I can't see myself cuddled up on my living room couch with a Kindle.J.A. Palermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325616361174334630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-77473012862674988662008-11-05T06:10:00.000-05:002008-11-05T06:10:00.000-05:00I don't think books and newspapers will ever go aw...I don't think books and newspapers will ever go away. We harvest and replant a fast growing pine for the paper, been doing that a long time. We recycle paper, particularly newsprint. And when I travel most everyone I see in airports is carrying or reading a book.Bish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-86885523123920897342008-11-04T17:48:00.000-05:002008-11-04T17:48:00.000-05:00I don't believe we'll ever go totally paperless. I...I don't believe we'll ever go totally paperless. It's not easy to curl up on the couch with a good laptop! Books are satisfying in ways electronics can never be.Nora MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575333078760106784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-51292556702252163062008-11-04T17:04:00.000-05:002008-11-04T17:04:00.000-05:00Personally, I hope The Kindle is only a fad and th...Personally, I hope The Kindle is only a fad and that once readers realize how much they miss the real thing, paper will ultimately trump electronic readers. <BR/><BR/>There was an article by Chris Wallace in Sunday's NY Times that I found heartening. He said he feels he misses a lot when he read newspapers on line: with paper, his peripheral vision catches a lot of cool stories he might never happen upon on line. I completely agree. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure there are similar defenses for print books. Let's think of some...and spread the word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-4763188673967057852008-11-04T14:55:00.000-05:002008-11-04T14:55:00.000-05:00I hope not. I really do. There's something about h...I hope not. I really do. There's something about holding the book in your hands that can't be duplicated.Angela Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808259088625142389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-2980218271782051012008-11-04T08:18:00.000-05:002008-11-04T08:18:00.000-05:00I am aghast at the idea of loosing books and paper...I am aghast at the idea of loosing books and papers, but I'm sitting at my computer with my morning coffee, scrolling down! <BR/><BR/>I might have given up the weekday paper, but I'm never going to give up the weekend Times or my books!!Meg Wiviotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178051434999444739noreply@blogger.com