Well with the evolution of technology, perhaps one day piracy will be impossible? You never know. I just feel like we're relying a lot on technology and that it could potentially back fire at us. But one thing that I've noticed is that we as humans are LAZY; constantly wanting to have the fastest access to things, what with touch screens and these online books. It's going to be a sad day when libraries shut down. Nobody can deny that losing these paper-made books is losing a piece of culture.
In my opinion, I love books! Although I do really loooove reading books in print, I have no huge issue with reading them off an eReader or a Kindle, etc. Although it does make me a little sad, it probably is a lot more environmentally friendly, I suppose. The only thing that worries me is that books, the actually culture of story telling might disapear. "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading them." -Ray Badbury
I don't think books will go away ever. like how records have not go away even if they are not the best form of listening to music. I do agree that they will become a more neash market and people will buy books for love of books and the story they are reading rather then just the love of the story.
It is already happening, maybe not the piracy portion just yet, but bookstores are feeling the punch. Although bookstores make money off of e-readers, that is many many books that they will now never see leave their shelves. Authors may not be the direct target at this moment like artist in the music crisis, but it is the bookstore that is taking the burden of the change. It is really happening, take Borders as an example. I worked at a bookstore and I could see the changes happening everyday.
I prefer books over e-readers, because I find that it's just easier to store notes, and screens make me lose focus after a while. In the future, I may invest in a Kindle, since that's gray and not blinding, but, for now, I prefer my book.
Although, I can mention that I didn't want to give up my CD player five years ago for an iPod.
Tell will always be books even that are digital since there will be writers who will write books simply because they want to share what they have written.
my friend bought an android tablet and just downloaded all his books for college on it and saved a shit ton of money soooo......thats what i have to say
What I think is that the writers intent is that people read and enjoy the book and tell others. People write books to inform, entertain etc. The most writers don't seek fame. They just want to tell their story, inform people or show their creativity. And that's why they don't really care. As long the people read and enjoy it.
1) Fair is fair: your ipad is heaver than 80% of the books out there. You picked an atypical example.
2) You can't get an e-book singed. That's a thing that kinda makes the book an event. (My favorite book? A signed copy of a book of poems by my favorite author.)
3) If you own a physical copy of a book, sharing it is SO simple - you just hand it to someone. Pirating is, to say the least, complicated. And sharing books is part of what I love about the act of reading.
As a kid, I think; Yes, there are e-books and such, but I prefer to see it like this: If you were to break whatever you had the e-book on, boom, EVERY e-book is gone. Books, if you ruin one, normally the damage is not too severe, but it is just one. if you are like me, you have a lot more, or can buy more.
Also, we have historians for a reason. Everything about ages past gets lost, distorted, and fabricated. You can recover scraps of paper and print, but, you can't recover a file once it's lost.
@eyrie992 I concur. It makes me really sad to think that the books that I love are one day gonna be gone. I think I'm slowly starting to stock up on my books. Maybe one day I'll pass them along to my kids and they'll be like ancient artifacts.
I'm usually pretty even about reading on an iPad or an ereader, vs reading an actual book, but eventually the former will either hurt my eyes or give me a headache.
As someone who reads a lot, I want to say I LOVE my kindle, I originally didn't think an ereader was for me but it's great actually. I wonder if in the future we'll only see print books in libraries, or if even those will disappear (some libraries "lend" ebooks now). Oh, and there are certain times you can make a book an event... midnight book releases! I went to several Harry Potter ones and they're really fun. But it only happens with really popular series books generally.
I have no qualms with piracy. If you are allowed to buy a CD in real life and share it with your friends, then why can't you do it with millions of people. You're still not making a profit.
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I'm an aspiring author, and I see no real issue with book piracy. If my novels aren't good enough to make the reader say "I want them to have my money, so they can write more." I owe the pirate more for their wasted time than they owe me for the novel.
I will occasionally read on my computer or my phone, but I do not think that printed books will ever be obsolete. We are a nostalgic society, and there will always be people who want their books on paper. But, I might be biased because I also want to be a librarian. Also, I get a headache when I read on a computer for a prolonged period of time.
I agree that the future of books is in digital copies, but the problem I have is "why can't I get the paper books I already own as a digital copy without having to pay for them again.". What's the difference between copying music from a CD into iTunes and scanning a book's barcode to get its digital copy. If anything that might be the primary reason as to why people would illegally download books: to get books they already own.
i really don't think non-commercial use of copyrighted material should be illegal, because it causes no harm! so many other people on the internet have done this!
Well, I mean you can already pirate books out there by downloading them as a PDF, but buying them from online bookstores like apple's iBooks gives you much better features. As long as book stores like that are secured, I don't think we should have as big a problem with piracy like we do with other media
I consider that anything digital should be able to be transferred freely, as that's one of the points of making something digital in the first place, ease of transfer. I think books will go the way of the vinyl record. If you really want to own something, not just a copy of something in 1s and 0s, you can purchase that physical media. The physical media is just more pure, that's why I enjoy collecting vinyl records (along with the superb sound quality).
I believe non-fiction books will eventually be phased out completely. The main purpose of a non-fiction book is to collect information. With the internet we have a much faster and much more convenient way of collecting that information. Just my thoughts. Not sure if it answers your inquisition, though.
Listen Dan! It would be nice if you kept doing your somewhat educating videos (I haven't watched your vids for a while), but I remember like 3 months back, your videos about immortality and stuff like that.
Was very good and interesting.
You're killing your channel with this "Chess" and all. Do that in another video / channel.
Just my opinion, of course, but I'd just like to keep structure and learn something EVERY time i watch your videos ! :)
Its fun that they call it democracy when 90% says they dont like s.o.p.a, why do the US goverment always have to play world cops? Dont they understand that there is more in life then just rules rules and rules..? why live when you actualy aren't... The only thing we do are: school, work, home and thatz all.. do they want to take the freedom to search for anything we want in internet... sure let em do it we cant ever beat em. They are the Terrorists in fancy suits...
I cannot figure where you physical book lovers see the joy of holding a giant book in your lap on on a desk and turning actual pages vs reading on an ebook reader like an ipad or a kindle etc. I think it's just all in their heads. I myself would be just as content reading a book on a e-reader device vs a physical book. Secondly I have heard alot about this old book smell, and this is only true for very old magazines and books. If you like that smell then just save your old books.
Sure there is no big event involved with reading a book, but I personally will be sad to see the day, if there ever is, that books become completely digital and there is no longer the printing of real books. I discussed this with quite a few other book lovers (who don't own Kindles) and we all came to the same consensus, that we love not just reading.. But the turning of the pages, the smell of an old book, the whole act of reading a book. It's not a big event, but it is enjoyable.
Dan! Everybody! Sopa and Pipa were both dropped by congress. :3
"It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products."
I love books, but I found it more convenient to read digital books sometimes, and I must say that I pay for them !! Art needs motivation, and money is the best one !!
By the way, I really like being part of the "pogo-tribe"!!!
I think the thing about books is, some people just like to own them. I personally enjoy owning books a lot more than going to the library to get them. I like to support my authors, and even if I knew that it could be gotten for free online somewhere, I definitely would still buy the book.
My English professor just talked about this today! Apparently, publishers are thinking of having libraries pay after they lend out a digital book so many times. For example, the library would pay $12 for the book initially, then for every 10 people that take it out, they have to pay $5 more. I'm not very keen on this idea because that's not how normal books are right now.
@FifthHP Agreed. Especially because libraries, in that case, would be way more under financial stress than they are now. It doesn't sound like a good system at all.
I like being able to have the confidence of reading my favorite books on my smartphone. Too me it's much easier and more convenient. I'm a student and I have a lot of text books that I have to carry. So not having to carry an extra 700 paged book but I still have access so to read it on my smartphone is always a win...
i hate reading on my computer. it's just not the same as having an actual book in my hands and since i go to medical school a tiny little 800 page book is actually something i love to carry because it's so light ;) and i'd miss the smell of new books and the feeling of seeing my book shelf fill up. oh and there are studies that show that people remember more of what they've read when they read it on paper not on an ipad.
@JustAnne27 I hate when I lose the page or have broken books and hate having to move the corner to read the whole page. I love my ipad.... Just kidding my kindle Trololol
Dan I think you aren't actualized. Already there are so many "Underground" website that digitalize books where you can read them and download them for free. Truly I was so surprised because I purchased a book online about some Shaolin Techniques such as Bo Ding Gong and Yang Guang Shou and guess what, to my surprise, the bok was available for free download and online reading at a piracy site. Guess that's 24 dollars I'll never see again huh? So yeah the time of filesharing books is already here
for me i believe the that the thought or the the idea is yours untill you make it in a talk or a writting then it would become a common property (not the phiscal form of it ) , in other word : you can not object if your joke retold without mentioning it is your , but this is a philosophic view , but prcticaly if you want people to be prudictive you must get them paid.
I view going out to buy a REAL book, or a CD or a movie as an event, It makes it more special to think that you bothered to go out and buy it. Everything these days is about convenience, including shopping, which again can be done from home. It's making the minimal effort. This is also happening for social interactions, people prefer to talk to friends online rather than meeting up with them, which is fine if a friend lives a long way away but not if their down the road from you.
Dan, the great thing about the majority of people who read books is that. They realize someone spent alot of time and effort into making the story that they are reading, and I believe that in the end they will most definitely remain unpirated for the most part and there will still be a financial incentive to create literature. Book lovers support the content creators much better than any other form of content i have seen. In summary books are safe because readers are awesome!
The incentive is inherent in the experience of opening a book and flipping through the pages. I've many times in the past spent hours leisurely browsing through B&N, made a selection and then excitedly started reading on the train ride home.
On the flip side, as a writer, the digitization of books offers the opportunity to carve out some degree of success with self-published ebooks whereas soliciting publishers would leave me with a novel stored away in my sock draw for years.
@Dani1165 But too many people proudly say, "I don't read books." Those are the same people, I'd bet, who "don't pay for music.'" So I think the threat of e-book piracy will have a lesser financial impact than it did on the music and movie industries.
And not to sound pretentious, but I'd wager that a great percentage of those who enjoy the intellectual experience of a novel or a work of nonfiction wouldn't illegally download a copy before they buy the $10 digital one. Some would, but not many.
pirated e-books is not a problem for the future, it's a problem now. About a year ago my dad got a cheep black listed kindle off ebay, and when he got it he filled it with a load of illegaly downloaded books.When he was done with it i picked it up. But I treeted it like a library. I read the free books, and if I liked it/wanted to read it again, I'd buy the physical book (though now i have a kindle that isn't black listed, so can get them on that properly).
What makes libraries different is that we find it inconvenient that we actually have to go there, and that the time we can loan a book is limited. With e-books, especially pirated, you can simply download them and voilà! Libraries also have a set number of copies, while an e-book can be downloaded and infinite number of times. I can definitely see how pirating e-books can be a problem for the future of physical books, and maybe even for the writing profession.
Sorry, but there is absolutely something special with having a physical book in your hands. With a physical book you can withdraw from this modern electrical society and feel connected with all those people throughout history who has sat in a corner and read a book in very much the same way. BUT with e-books getting more popular, the prices for normal books will rise and if they are expensive enough, even I might abandon them.
they already kind of have pirated books online, at least in the case of Manga. You can go on a site and just keep clicking the page to turn to the next
I think too many people enjoy the physicality of books to go completely digital. There's something about a bookshelf bursting with books or scribbling notes in the sidelines of your favorite books that I just don't see in digitization. It's all just a matter of opinion but so far, I'm not on the ebook bandwagon and I doubt I will be.
I've read books on my iPad/Phone, and it's fine. But I MUCH prefer to read an actual book. I would be glad to have digitized books, they would be so much more convenient on the go. But When I'm at home, I'm always going to have real books.
@theonlydobermn211 I know about those digital book stores, I think there will always be a physical copy at a library. It will become a cult thing I guess...but hey, we can only wait to see what happens with the world and society
i mean i have an iphone but i have never read a book on it. i would honestly rather just cary around my harry potter book than have to read it on there
i'm a huge fan of books and physical copies, of course. there are few things more lovely to have than an enormous bursting bookshelf. but i also welcome the digitization of it. for convenience and cost. to be able to have a lot of books in one little machine so i can read a chapter from 7 of my favourite books on one bus ride? couldn't do it with actual copies. and they won't charge 30+ for a the new hardcover copy, i would actually be more inclined to buy books this way, in the digital way
With regards to having (and maybe needing) events surrounding the various types of media: what say you about the future of other at-home-type entertainment experiences, like TV shows and games? Of course, piracy is already a huge issue with both of those mediums, whereas not so much with books, but it's still a parallel to look at.
I think that the reason everyone's been so relaxed about book-sharing over the centuries is that books will always fall apart. Eventually, you need new ones, and so you have to go buy them. But with digitized books, they never fall apart.
what do you think about the PIPA and SOPA bills? do you think they should be passed or should they not be passed? please i would love to hear your opinions on this! Thanks!
All you have to do is look at Amazon's sales of ebooks and you'll understand that the monetary incentive of writing books is going nowhere. Of couse, I'd be much happier without all the DRM crap, but there are always ways around it, so no biggy.
I like having books. And if I as an author decide not to digitize my work, then who is going to sit and retype my book, scan every page or whatever, and then give it away for free? But would I do that? digital reading makes it A LOT easier for people with poor eyesight to enjoy reading...
I know people have already asked this, but I think it would be great for you to do a piece on the wiki black out (PIPA and SOPA)..... that would be pretty cool :D
Tell John Green's book publisher there isn't an event for books. Tell all of the nerdfighters who took their prematurely released TFiOS and forced themselves not to open it until it was officially released. Tell all of the Harry Potter fans who held parties in libraries and book stores waiting for each book to be released. I think you'll get a much different answer.
@Theperyton272 Theres no event in the sense that you don't go anywhere to use the medium. Movie = Movie Theatre Music = Concert Book = Nothing. You and 9 other people misunderstood.
@BrubandJfowl However there is an event in the sense that you make a big deal out of it and talk to your friends about it. If something happens where multiple people are excited about doing the same thing at the same time, then it's an event. A video game release is an event but you don't have to all be together in a theater to play a game together.
There should be more events when it comes to books, and book reading! Authors should be the new celebrities! We want gossip on John Green, not Brangelina!
A lot of games are only available on a digital format (Steam, app store) and many game companies are making a lot of money on them. The same is true for music (iTunes) and movies (Netflix) (I'm not so sure about the movies, Netflix is unavailable where I live). I think it's only a matter of time before a similar format pops up for books.
.. Ipad* is more convenient but I feel that it's much easier flipping through a real book to look for something you didn't think of bookmarking before...
I read books digitally and physically.. Personally i prefer reading digitally but if i need to take notes or read a book for school I prefer a physical copy (even though you can annotate digital books but like you said: there's just something about holding a real book :p)
Whilst more books are being digitized these days, I doubt their physical counterparts will be disappear anytime soon. Sure, in 20 years time physical books may only pander to a niche market but until then they will stay around. If prices for e-books are fair, I think physical books may disappear quicker but I don't think publishers will want to publish digital copies exclusively. I think piracy of ebooks will negatively affect book authors for the reason you mentioned.
Books are likely to go the way that music has with digital downloads and vinyl. There's something intrinsically cool to me about having music pressed on to a large plastic disc presented in a square foot printed sleeve. Normally though I listen to music on my ipod or computer.
Printed books will not be the main method of consumption. Like music, it will be primarily digital. However, there will still exist a niche market for people who want physical things regardless of their practically.
Print media will always have a place in society because, as you said, readers love real books, newspapers and magazines, not to mention all the problems that come along with digitised books and the like, Backlight screens are harmful for long periods, digital storage is dangerous and not always reliable and again, ebooks just don't feel as natural or real.
Eventually they might solve all the problems of digital books, but for now, I'm content with sitting down and reading my real book.
I'm sure that digital books are going to continue becoming more prevalent, but I just don't think that physical books are ever going to be phased out. They're much easier to browse, they're WAY more durable, they have unlimited battery life...I think the market and industry around physical books will shrink a lot, making them more expensive and less available, but that they'll exist in the same way as art: you can find any art online, but that doesn't stop people from buying the physical works
I have read quite a few books on my computer, but nevertheless, I shall always prefer to hold an actual copy in my hands. I love to curl up in my armchair with a cup of coffee and get lost in the story, without having to worry about spilling anything on my very fancy gadget or breaking it in any other way. Also, the smell of paper, the occasional old coffee or tea stains, the littlest torn at the corners of few pages... pixels never gather history and memories the way a favourite book does.
Doesn't staring at a screen day and night give anyone sore eyes anymore, I know I do. Thats why I think digital books are stupid, it hurts my eyes after a few hours.
i think the point are books can be a file sharing ,and the concert theathre or whatever can make money by people whose wants to go on a concert theathre or whatever . Furthermore ,why books will be digitize?
Books will not die out, but they should move to niche market rather than a consumer market. Think about authors like Dan Brown, Stephanie Meyer and Jodie Picolt. Their books are mass produced due to pop culture, they are popular for the moment but will they make their way into literary history? Probably not. Books that are going to be thrown away should be digitised, for environmental and economical reasons. We should only buy our very favourite books in hardcopy and save the rest in the cloud.
books are made of paper. fuck paper, it rips easily, can get rotted if it gets wet, and once it's gone it's gone forever. 0's and 1's are a lot more permanent, so gtfo paper and hello kindle.
Even if book sharing goes to an extreme, that doesn't necessarily mean that there will no longer be any financial incentive to publish books, just that they will have to change the way they make their money. I.e. By selling adds in the digital book rather than selling copies of the book. It will also get rid of all the printing and shipping charges, so it would be way easier for people to self-publish.
Considering I just purchased a book I want to say everything will stay the same forever but considering I have to carry an AP US history book to and from school very few days I want things more digitalized...I see arguments for both sides but I see digital as the future and I'm pretty sure others do too..I just hope I can still get a real book when everything goes digital *sigh*
I don't know how it is on other E-Readers, but I have a kindle keyboard and I think it feels almost the same as reading a physical book. The text is exactly the same as on paper, and I find I actually read faster on the Kindle than otherwise.
Dan what do you think about Sopa and Pipa? Do you agree with the government or are you a part of the large group of youtubers and mainly internet users against it?
I doubt it. There is still a really strong market demand for physical books.Bookstores in the traditional sense might go away, but amazon and such will still sell the physical prints.
The manga (comic book) magazine "Shonen Jump Monthly" is making the transition from their content being printed onto paper to their content being exclusively online. While I'm sure the publisher, Viz, is going save money by not using paper, I feel it takes away from the readers who enjoy reading from the magazine and alienates them. Personally, I get more from a story when I read from a book than I do from online.
Also, my teacher is writing a book and she keeps saying that she's writing for the experience, it's definitely not for the money. Very few authors seem to make lots of money off of writing.
Reading has been on the decline since the digital age from newspapers to Borders, but at the same time, some books have been able to inject the whole community aspect to it. As we have SO clearly seen with Harry Potter, even with like Twilight!Sure they become movies, but they also seem to be expanding in other ways, and possibly those are how books will survive. Then again, books have ALWAYS been shared and are already shared legally online so probably nothing will change.
Dan lots of people are privating their youtube accounts today because of SOPA. Apparently lots of youtube accounts are going to be deleted if they have copyrighted music in any of their videos. Do you know anything about this?
Why would any artist work solely with text if their art will only be read on multimedia devices? Literature needs a print medium and we need literature. Either there will always be print or humanity will collectively decided that literature is no longer necessary.
I barely read at all but i definitely prefer physical books. I love technology but id much rather read a book than read an ipad or a kindle or any kind of screen. Books will never stop being printed
I've already pirated books because you know what? Reading is reading whether you're holding paper or holding plastic. The only difference is the material. But yeah, pirating books is definitely here already
I think, if there's a way to fairly and easily obtain products, people will support it with their money. It's why donations exist, because people are willing to support what they think is fair and right. I believe that people pirate because they don't value whatever they're pirating at the price that's being asked. Drop the price and more people will pay for the product. Pirating may never be eliminated, but until price matches value, pirating will be the ideal option for most people.
I'm worried that if there isn't a financial incentive to write books, the talented authors will have to work other jobs to support themselves, and not write as frequently (if ever).
I will agree with you that for things that one is forced to read, say for work or school, convenience is ideal. But you're wrong when you say that reading a book has no "event". If it's something you're really going to enjoy reading, then having a physical book in your hands will always be above and beyond scrolling through webpages, because, at least for me, reading something online just ruins the magic. Reading a book that's in your hands is the literary equivalent of going to a concert.
@BurritoMan53 I would have agreed less than a month ago. I think that if it's a truly good book that you are reading, it can be an event no matter what medium you read through. I will always prefer physical copies and filling my shelf with their beautiful colorful spines, but I will also understand if and when I can only get digital books.
Nothing will ever go fully digital. It's like vinyl records, some people like them and others don't. I think there will be a big digital book or everything market, but the physical media won't disappear.
Yeah I don't know. I really enjoy reading books (not in digital form). Also, I would enjoy a file sharing service that's legit (kind of like Netflix but with music) since you mentioned the financial thing about it. I realize there are programs out there for that but something like what I just said would be worth it to me. (Just something official, ya know? lol)
I love physical books, but I recently bought a kobo ereader and I really love it alot.
What I worry about is if the content is the same, from physical to digital.
I have found that there are some differences in the content of the 'same' reading material, but they are minor and do not make a huge difference. I think that if they just changed the format of files, they could inhibit the unwelcome sharing of certain files and material, digitally that is, but I am not sure.
Actually I disagree with the comment where you mentioned libraries are FREE. I just got my county tax bill and the library cost me $40. so much for free.
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thenofxer 1 week ago
Well with the evolution of technology, perhaps one day piracy will be impossible? You never know. I just feel like we're relying a lot on technology and that it could potentially back fire at us. But one thing that I've noticed is that we as humans are LAZY; constantly wanting to have the fastest access to things, what with touch screens and these online books. It's going to be a sad day when libraries shut down. Nobody can deny that losing these paper-made books is losing a piece of culture.
mysslyss96 4 weeks ago
In my opinion, I love books! Although I do really loooove reading books in print, I have no huge issue with reading them off an eReader or a Kindle, etc. Although it does make me a little sad, it probably is a lot more environmentally friendly, I suppose. The only thing that worries me is that books, the actually culture of story telling might disapear. "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading them." -Ray Badbury
mysslyss96 4 weeks ago
I don't think books will go away ever. like how records have not go away even if they are not the best form of listening to music. I do agree that they will become a more neash market and people will buy books for love of books and the story they are reading rather then just the love of the story.
JoCatofCatLand 4 weeks ago
It is already happening, maybe not the piracy portion just yet, but bookstores are feeling the punch. Although bookstores make money off of e-readers, that is many many books that they will now never see leave their shelves. Authors may not be the direct target at this moment like artist in the music crisis, but it is the bookstore that is taking the burden of the change. It is really happening, take Borders as an example. I worked at a bookstore and I could see the changes happening everyday.
scaredofvelvet 1 month ago
I prefer books over e-readers, because I find that it's just easier to store notes, and screens make me lose focus after a while. In the future, I may invest in a Kindle, since that's gray and not blinding, but, for now, I prefer my book.
Although, I can mention that I didn't want to give up my CD player five years ago for an iPod.
WeasleyWrock 1 month ago
Tell will always be books even that are digital since there will be writers who will write books simply because they want to share what they have written.
Darkwiccawillow 1 month ago
my friend bought an android tablet and just downloaded all his books for college on it and saved a shit ton of money soooo......thats what i have to say
LAHFilms 1 month ago
What I think is that the writers intent is that people read and enjoy the book and tell others. People write books to inform, entertain etc. The most writers don't seek fame. They just want to tell their story, inform people or show their creativity. And that's why they don't really care. As long the people read and enjoy it.
VaagheidMieke 1 month ago
1) Fair is fair: your ipad is heaver than 80% of the books out there. You picked an atypical example.
2) You can't get an e-book singed. That's a thing that kinda makes the book an event. (My favorite book? A signed copy of a book of poems by my favorite author.)
3) If you own a physical copy of a book, sharing it is SO simple - you just hand it to someone. Pirating is, to say the least, complicated. And sharing books is part of what I love about the act of reading.
syraschild1 1 month ago
As a kid, I think; Yes, there are e-books and such, but I prefer to see it like this: If you were to break whatever you had the e-book on, boom, EVERY e-book is gone. Books, if you ruin one, normally the damage is not too severe, but it is just one. if you are like me, you have a lot more, or can buy more.
Also, we have historians for a reason. Everything about ages past gets lost, distorted, and fabricated. You can recover scraps of paper and print, but, you can't recover a file once it's lost.
eyrie992 1 month ago
@eyrie992 I concur. It makes me really sad to think that the books that I love are one day gonna be gone. I think I'm slowly starting to stock up on my books. Maybe one day I'll pass them along to my kids and they'll be like ancient artifacts.
mysslyss96 4 weeks ago
Librarys-HELLO!
TheObviousEspionager 1 month ago
I'm usually pretty even about reading on an iPad or an ereader, vs reading an actual book, but eventually the former will either hurt my eyes or give me a headache.
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As someone who reads a lot, I want to say I LOVE my kindle, I originally didn't think an ereader was for me but it's great actually. I wonder if in the future we'll only see print books in libraries, or if even those will disappear (some libraries "lend" ebooks now). Oh, and there are certain times you can make a book an event... midnight book releases! I went to several Harry Potter ones and they're really fun. But it only happens with really popular series books generally.
LikeSoTotallyRandom 1 month ago
I have no qualms with piracy. If you are allowed to buy a CD in real life and share it with your friends, then why can't you do it with millions of people. You're still not making a profit.
HarryCaseyKid 1 month ago
your right watching movies at home isn't the some as at a cinema.
CINEMA: lots of people, yelling, talking, talking on phones, kids, $15 a sit
HOME: no ones feet on your sit, don't have to dress up, can have sex with the one you love
UnitedsWorld 1 month ago 17
@UnitedsWorld And at home you can use spellcheck, like you should have done...
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UnitedsWorld 2 weeks ago
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@sethboy66 ok so maybe "some" should be same, anything else and this comment could be "yuor rhgit waihctng meivos at hmoe isn't the smoe as at a cmenia.
CMENIA: ltos𐚻 of plpoee, yeillng, taiklng, taiklng on penohs, kdis, $15 a sit
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UnitedsWorld 2 weeks ago 4
best video in a long time... hahahaha
You're funny.
MrInvalidArgument 1 month ago
I'm an aspiring author, and I see no real issue with book piracy. If my novels aren't good enough to make the reader say "I want them to have my money, so they can write more." I owe the pirate more for their wasted time than they owe me for the novel.
Americanbadashh 1 month ago
I will occasionally read on my computer or my phone, but I do not think that printed books will ever be obsolete. We are a nostalgic society, and there will always be people who want their books on paper. But, I might be biased because I also want to be a librarian. Also, I get a headache when I read on a computer for a prolonged period of time.
hpobsessed21 1 month ago
I agree that the future of books is in digital copies, but the problem I have is "why can't I get the paper books I already own as a digital copy without having to pay for them again.". What's the difference between copying music from a CD into iTunes and scanning a book's barcode to get its digital copy. If anything that might be the primary reason as to why people would illegally download books: to get books they already own.
LynchStudios8 1 month ago
Reading on a screen is much less enjoyable than reading from paper.
Walpurgis117 1 month ago
LOL. Love the sound you made at the end
googlebleh 1 month ago
i really don't think non-commercial use of copyrighted material should be illegal, because it causes no harm! so many other people on the internet have done this!
JigglyPuff569 1 month ago
Well, I mean you can already pirate books out there by downloading them as a PDF, but buying them from online bookstores like apple's iBooks gives you much better features. As long as book stores like that are secured, I don't think we should have as big a problem with piracy like we do with other media
GreenDayxRock1 1 month ago
I consider that anything digital should be able to be transferred freely, as that's one of the points of making something digital in the first place, ease of transfer. I think books will go the way of the vinyl record. If you really want to own something, not just a copy of something in 1s and 0s, you can purchase that physical media. The physical media is just more pure, that's why I enjoy collecting vinyl records (along with the superb sound quality).
agentzchango 1 month ago
I believe non-fiction books will eventually be phased out completely. The main purpose of a non-fiction book is to collect information. With the internet we have a much faster and much more convenient way of collecting that information. Just my thoughts. Not sure if it answers your inquisition, though.
ansem533 1 month ago in playlist More videos from pogobat
I just like the smell of books. The iPad and other book reading devices? don't smell as good as the books :)
MyFriendsCallMeLissa 1 month ago
Listen Dan! It would be nice if you kept doing your somewhat educating videos (I haven't watched your vids for a while), but I remember like 3 months back, your videos about immortality and stuff like that.
Was very good and interesting.
You're killing your channel with this "Chess" and all. Do that in another video / channel.
Just my opinion, of course, but I'd just like to keep structure and learn something EVERY time i watch your videos ! :)
Thanks
havnegade 1 month ago
Its fun that they call it democracy when 90% says they dont like s.o.p.a, why do the US goverment always have to play world cops? Dont they understand that there is more in life then just rules rules and rules..? why live when you actualy aren't... The only thing we do are: school, work, home and thatz all.. do they want to take the freedom to search for anything we want in internet... sure let em do it we cant ever beat em. They are the Terrorists in fancy suits...
DOzzER1995 1 month ago
I cannot figure where you physical book lovers see the joy of holding a giant book in your lap on on a desk and turning actual pages vs reading on an ebook reader like an ipad or a kindle etc. I think it's just all in their heads. I myself would be just as content reading a book on a e-reader device vs a physical book. Secondly I have heard alot about this old book smell, and this is only true for very old magazines and books. If you like that smell then just save your old books.
shuffleman321 1 month ago
Sure there is no big event involved with reading a book, but I personally will be sad to see the day, if there ever is, that books become completely digital and there is no longer the printing of real books. I discussed this with quite a few other book lovers (who don't own Kindles) and we all came to the same consensus, that we love not just reading.. But the turning of the pages, the smell of an old book, the whole act of reading a book. It's not a big event, but it is enjoyable.
CuriousRomance 1 month ago
Dan! Everybody! Sopa and Pipa were both dropped by congress. :3
"It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products."
w00t! VICTORY!
StevenJosephHorton 1 month ago
books will never die.
VerticalH01782 1 month ago
I love books, but I found it more convenient to read digital books sometimes, and I must say that I pay for them !! Art needs motivation, and money is the best one !!
By the way, I really like being part of the "pogo-tribe"!!!
TheJuju2003 1 month ago
dan does your new job involve making hats with mercury? you seem a bit off...
SarahBatya 1 month ago
I think the thing about books is, some people just like to own them. I personally enjoy owning books a lot more than going to the library to get them. I like to support my authors, and even if I knew that it could be gotten for free online somewhere, I definitely would still buy the book.
15Smartie15 1 month ago
Did anyone else notice that he said 'pogo-tribe?' I gotta say, I like it.
spontaneiT 1 month ago
@spontaneiT He always says pogo-tribe these days. We used to be the brownies, way back when. Before Dan 3.0.
15Smartie15 1 month ago
I can make popcorn.
BonJoviBeatlesLedZep 1 month ago
My English professor just talked about this today! Apparently, publishers are thinking of having libraries pay after they lend out a digital book so many times. For example, the library would pay $12 for the book initially, then for every 10 people that take it out, they have to pay $5 more. I'm not very keen on this idea because that's not how normal books are right now.
FifthHP 1 month ago
@FifthHP Agreed. Especially because libraries, in that case, would be way more under financial stress than they are now. It doesn't sound like a good system at all.
15Smartie15 1 month ago
five pounds...
TheMrNKJ 1 month ago
books will go the way of vinyl
jfatsnorlax 1 month ago
I like being able to have the confidence of reading my favorite books on my smartphone. Too me it's much easier and more convenient. I'm a student and I have a lot of text books that I have to carry. So not having to carry an extra 700 paged book but I still have access so to read it on my smartphone is always a win...
PuchiMaTv 1 month ago
i hate reading on my computer. it's just not the same as having an actual book in my hands and since i go to medical school a tiny little 800 page book is actually something i love to carry because it's so light ;) and i'd miss the smell of new books and the feeling of seeing my book shelf fill up. oh and there are studies that show that people remember more of what they've read when they read it on paper not on an ipad.
JustAnne27 1 month ago 36
@JustAnne27 I hate when I lose the page or have broken books and hate having to move the corner to read the whole page. I love my ipad.... Just kidding my kindle Trololol
RetroCopS 1 month ago
@JustAnne27 how many studies? if its just one study it is not that reliable
syberblade50 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from pogobat
Dan I think you aren't actualized. Already there are so many "Underground" website that digitalize books where you can read them and download them for free. Truly I was so surprised because I purchased a book online about some Shaolin Techniques such as Bo Ding Gong and Yang Guang Shou and guess what, to my surprise, the bok was available for free download and online reading at a piracy site. Guess that's 24 dollars I'll never see again huh? So yeah the time of filesharing books is already here
EcuadorianFlagShip 1 month ago
for me i believe the that the thought or the the idea is yours untill you make it in a talk or a writting then it would become a common property (not the phiscal form of it ) , in other word : you can not object if your joke retold without mentioning it is your , but this is a philosophic view , but prcticaly if you want people to be prudictive you must get them paid.
Ammarabudreas 1 month ago
I view going out to buy a REAL book, or a CD or a movie as an event, It makes it more special to think that you bothered to go out and buy it. Everything these days is about convenience, including shopping, which again can be done from home. It's making the minimal effort. This is also happening for social interactions, people prefer to talk to friends online rather than meeting up with them, which is fine if a friend lives a long way away but not if their down the road from you.
WorldSpinningBlueJay 1 month ago
we just need to make itunes for books, cheaper and more books, that's the future
xmenprince 1 month ago
Dan, the great thing about the majority of people who read books is that. They realize someone spent alot of time and effort into making the story that they are reading, and I believe that in the end they will most definitely remain unpirated for the most part and there will still be a financial incentive to create literature. Book lovers support the content creators much better than any other form of content i have seen. In summary books are safe because readers are awesome!
Murrello 1 month ago
Heh, love that you made the Star Wars reference, then Scishow's next episode is about... Star Wars.
kyoopihd 1 month ago
The incentive is inherent in the experience of opening a book and flipping through the pages. I've many times in the past spent hours leisurely browsing through B&N, made a selection and then excitedly started reading on the train ride home.
On the flip side, as a writer, the digitization of books offers the opportunity to carve out some degree of success with self-published ebooks whereas soliciting publishers would leave me with a novel stored away in my sock draw for years.
Dani1165 1 month ago
@Dani1165 But too many people proudly say, "I don't read books." Those are the same people, I'd bet, who "don't pay for music.'" So I think the threat of e-book piracy will have a lesser financial impact than it did on the music and movie industries.
And not to sound pretentious, but I'd wager that a great percentage of those who enjoy the intellectual experience of a novel or a work of nonfiction wouldn't illegally download a copy before they buy the $10 digital one. Some would, but not many.
Dani1165 1 month ago
Yes. XD ?
ChiyoDiaho 1 month ago
pirated e-books is not a problem for the future, it's a problem now. About a year ago my dad got a cheep black listed kindle off ebay, and when he got it he filled it with a load of illegaly downloaded books.When he was done with it i picked it up. But I treeted it like a library. I read the free books, and if I liked it/wanted to read it again, I'd buy the physical book (though now i have a kindle that isn't black listed, so can get them on that properly).
CaptainDibbzy 1 month ago
What makes libraries different is that we find it inconvenient that we actually have to go there, and that the time we can loan a book is limited. With e-books, especially pirated, you can simply download them and voilà! Libraries also have a set number of copies, while an e-book can be downloaded and infinite number of times. I can definitely see how pirating e-books can be a problem for the future of physical books, and maybe even for the writing profession.
keerak 1 month ago
Sorry, but there is absolutely something special with having a physical book in your hands. With a physical book you can withdraw from this modern electrical society and feel connected with all those people throughout history who has sat in a corner and read a book in very much the same way. BUT with e-books getting more popular, the prices for normal books will rise and if they are expensive enough, even I might abandon them.
keerak 1 month ago
they already kind of have pirated books online, at least in the case of Manga. You can go on a site and just keep clicking the page to turn to the next
blaziken386 1 month ago
Thank you, Dan, for giving me a reason to tell my grandma that I don't want a nook. The whole "physical book" excuse isn't working for her.
whatswithalltheXs 1 month ago
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I think too many people enjoy the physicality of books to go completely digital. There's something about a bookshelf bursting with books or scribbling notes in the sidelines of your favorite books that I just don't see in digitization. It's all just a matter of opinion but so far, I'm not on the ebook bandwagon and I doubt I will be.
awkwardlynconvenient 1 month ago
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Subscriber9192 1 month ago
I've read books on my iPad/Phone, and it's fine. But I MUCH prefer to read an actual book. I would be glad to have digitized books, they would be so much more convenient on the go. But When I'm at home, I'm always going to have real books.
ZombehDrummuh 1 month ago
@theonlydobermn211 I know about those digital book stores, I think there will always be a physical copy at a library. It will become a cult thing I guess...but hey, we can only wait to see what happens with the world and society
sojavierpc 1 month ago
i mean i have an iphone but i have never read a book on it. i would honestly rather just cary around my harry potter book than have to read it on there
cballet315 1 month ago
eBooks and audiobooks are already being pirated.
AgentKuo 1 month ago
i'm a huge fan of books and physical copies, of course. there are few things more lovely to have than an enormous bursting bookshelf. but i also welcome the digitization of it. for convenience and cost. to be able to have a lot of books in one little machine so i can read a chapter from 7 of my favourite books on one bus ride? couldn't do it with actual copies. and they won't charge 30+ for a the new hardcover copy, i would actually be more inclined to buy books this way, in the digital way
manchildtrollhair 1 month ago
With regards to having (and maybe needing) events surrounding the various types of media: what say you about the future of other at-home-type entertainment experiences, like TV shows and games? Of course, piracy is already a huge issue with both of those mediums, whereas not so much with books, but it's still a parallel to look at.
ProjectFutureSelf 1 month ago
I think that the reason everyone's been so relaxed about book-sharing over the centuries is that books will always fall apart. Eventually, you need new ones, and so you have to go buy them. But with digitized books, they never fall apart.
TheBrainPulse 1 month ago
what do you think about the PIPA and SOPA bills? do you think they should be passed or should they not be passed? please i would love to hear your opinions on this! Thanks!
Blogger513 1 month ago
John & Hank have taken The Fault In Our Stars and turned that into an event.
/watch?v=qy6FdaJ6Ayc
6James6Villy6 1 month ago
I'm still not convinced about the idea of having to charge up a book...
TenorCG 1 month ago
All you have to do is look at Amazon's sales of ebooks and you'll understand that the monetary incentive of writing books is going nowhere. Of couse, I'd be much happier without all the DRM crap, but there are always ways around it, so no biggy.
JIYkp 1 month ago
pawn to e5
TheGloobix 1 month ago
make a follow up video!
tastethewake 1 month ago
I like having books. And if I as an author decide not to digitize my work, then who is going to sit and retype my book, scan every page or whatever, and then give it away for free? But would I do that? digital reading makes it A LOT easier for people with poor eyesight to enjoy reading...
Peyoutreaux 1 month ago
I really don't want to hurt your feelings and I really like the outro but... The button is not orange anymore... Sorry xD
MarilynKidman 1 month ago
That was an especially humorous video
seamotaylor 1 month ago
I love how most youtube show's last segments are something i skip, but both Dan's chess advancement _and_ outro song are watch-worthy
DisturbeD6699 1 month ago
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I know people have already asked this, but I think it would be great for you to do a piece on the wiki black out (PIPA and SOPA)..... that would be pretty cool :D
con31773 1 month ago
Tell John Green's book publisher there isn't an event for books. Tell all of the nerdfighters who took their prematurely released TFiOS and forced themselves not to open it until it was officially released. Tell all of the Harry Potter fans who held parties in libraries and book stores waiting for each book to be released. I think you'll get a much different answer.
SMFortissimo 1 month ago
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con31773 1 month ago
hey,Dan, what do you think about Wikipedia's blacking-out protest against PIPA?
KristiAna93 1 month ago 8
digitized books aren't good for people with astigmatisms or when camping.
Tinkerbird 1 month ago
Please SLOW DOWN!!!!!!
Rhesusftw 1 month ago 2
Reading a book has no event? WHAT? Have you seen the buzz around The Fault In Our Stars? Or for that matter Harry Potter??
Theperyton272 1 month ago 15
@Theperyton272 Theres no event in the sense that you don't go anywhere to use the medium. Movie = Movie Theatre Music = Concert Book = Nothing. You and 9 other people misunderstood.
BrubandJfowl 1 month ago
@BrubandJfowl However there is an event in the sense that you make a big deal out of it and talk to your friends about it. If something happens where multiple people are excited about doing the same thing at the same time, then it's an event. A video game release is an event but you don't have to all be together in a theater to play a game together.
Theperyton272 1 month ago
@Theperyton272 Right.. we dont need to be together because the internet connects you as if you were in the same room.
BrubandJfowl 1 month ago
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ringopauljohngeorge7 1 month ago
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@BrubandJfowl You and nobody else misunderstands what The peryton272 is trying to say
ringopauljohngeorge7 1 month ago
I think the author gets something like a penny each time their book is taken out of the library maybe more not sure.
focus156 1 month ago
There should be more events when it comes to books, and book reading! Authors should be the new celebrities! We want gossip on John Green, not Brangelina!
tuxxedomask 1 month ago
A lot of games are only available on a digital format (Steam, app store) and many game companies are making a lot of money on them. The same is true for music (iTunes) and movies (Netflix) (I'm not so sure about the movies, Netflix is unavailable where I live). I think it's only a matter of time before a similar format pops up for books.
ikbenbeterinclubpeng 1 month ago
@ikbenbeterinclubpeng The Kindle Store?
HannahIsUnoriginal 1 month ago
@HannahIsUnoriginal I don't know a lot about eBooks, so that might be true.
ikbenbeterinclubpeng 1 month ago
.. Ipad* is more convenient but I feel that it's much easier flipping through a real book to look for something you didn't think of bookmarking before...
I read books digitally and physically.. Personally i prefer reading digitally but if i need to take notes or read a book for school I prefer a physical copy (even though you can annotate digital books but like you said: there's just something about holding a real book :p)
Youmna397 1 month ago
Nice haircut
fashizzle 1 month ago
I know that reading on my ipas
Youmna397 1 month ago
Whilst more books are being digitized these days, I doubt their physical counterparts will be disappear anytime soon. Sure, in 20 years time physical books may only pander to a niche market but until then they will stay around. If prices for e-books are fair, I think physical books may disappear quicker but I don't think publishers will want to publish digital copies exclusively. I think piracy of ebooks will negatively affect book authors for the reason you mentioned.
ironsword7 1 month ago
I would call the insanity of a book release like the final Harry Potter novel an event...also The Fault In Our Stars
Wolstenholmie 1 month ago 47
@Wolstenholmie I have the most recent vlogbrothers video open in the next tab and totally thought I was on their video :P
animeboy777 1 month ago
@Wolstenholmie: But the actual reading isn't an event that you go to, pay for, etc. etc.
pogobat 1 month ago
Books are likely to go the way that music has with digital downloads and vinyl. There's something intrinsically cool to me about having music pressed on to a large plastic disc presented in a square foot printed sleeve. Normally though I listen to music on my ipod or computer.
Printed books will not be the main method of consumption. Like music, it will be primarily digital. However, there will still exist a niche market for people who want physical things regardless of their practically.
jonnydarkmusic 1 month ago
Print media will always have a place in society because, as you said, readers love real books, newspapers and magazines, not to mention all the problems that come along with digitised books and the like, Backlight screens are harmful for long periods, digital storage is dangerous and not always reliable and again, ebooks just don't feel as natural or real.
Eventually they might solve all the problems of digital books, but for now, I'm content with sitting down and reading my real book.
Protoss728 1 month ago
I'm sure that digital books are going to continue becoming more prevalent, but I just don't think that physical books are ever going to be phased out. They're much easier to browse, they're WAY more durable, they have unlimited battery life...I think the market and industry around physical books will shrink a lot, making them more expensive and less available, but that they'll exist in the same way as art: you can find any art online, but that doesn't stop people from buying the physical works
neeeeves 1 month ago
Your Rubik's Cube Solving is awesome)
MrEwgraf 1 month ago
reading a physical book is the event. just like going to a movie theater to watch a movie. when reading digitally, that is lost.
Thefrenchrevolt 1 month ago
the battery life on books is just way too good.
Eredor 1 month ago 97
@Eredor i lost the power plug for my books:(
justintvinhd 1 month ago
Libraries will now be seen as ThePirateBay of written werdz... Hope they don't shut it down. Where would I sleep DX
CackleCackleHehehe 1 month ago
I have read quite a few books on my computer, but nevertheless, I shall always prefer to hold an actual copy in my hands. I love to curl up in my armchair with a cup of coffee and get lost in the story, without having to worry about spilling anything on my very fancy gadget or breaking it in any other way. Also, the smell of paper, the occasional old coffee or tea stains, the littlest torn at the corners of few pages... pixels never gather history and memories the way a favourite book does.
Seebimullid 1 month ago
Doesn't staring at a screen day and night give anyone sore eyes anymore, I know I do. Thats why I think digital books are stupid, it hurts my eyes after a few hours.
royhere10 1 month ago
i was eating steak while watching this, i feel special.
MegaWackyJackie 1 month ago
i think the point are books can be a file sharing ,and the concert theathre or whatever can make money by people whose wants to go on a concert theathre or whatever . Furthermore ,why books will be digitize?
generaltse 1 month ago
this is great!
generaltse 1 month ago
help me obi-wan, you're my only hope
Nreilly22 1 month ago
Yeeeaaah *unsubscribes* sorry Dan but your too crazy now
Materialgirl1021 1 month ago
people like tohe physical side of things better then the digital because they think its one step closer to machines taking over lol
FlipStarMedia 1 month ago
Books will not die out, but they should move to niche market rather than a consumer market. Think about authors like Dan Brown, Stephanie Meyer and Jodie Picolt. Their books are mass produced due to pop culture, they are popular for the moment but will they make their way into literary history? Probably not. Books that are going to be thrown away should be digitised, for environmental and economical reasons. We should only buy our very favourite books in hardcopy and save the rest in the cloud.
jackmcentee 1 month ago
The problem with piracy is that it is unable to effectively recreate the experience of whatever it you're pirating.
Buying a book means you get to flip through hundreds of pages of papery goodness.
Going to a movie is as you said, the movie experience.
Buying music means you get to chuck the cd in your stereo/computer and feel a form of respect to the artist.
Anyway, point; Piracy is not going to make ANYTHING redundant and there is still PLENTY of motivation for art. There always will be.
conja0x 1 month ago
Nowadays you can get everything for free with the internet
dennster1933 1 month ago
books are made of paper. fuck paper, it rips easily, can get rotted if it gets wet, and once it's gone it's gone forever. 0's and 1's are a lot more permanent, so gtfo paper and hello kindle.
viking977 1 month ago
Even if book sharing goes to an extreme, that doesn't necessarily mean that there will no longer be any financial incentive to publish books, just that they will have to change the way they make their money. I.e. By selling adds in the digital book rather than selling copies of the book. It will also get rid of all the printing and shipping charges, so it would be way easier for people to self-publish.
anthonybilinski1 1 month ago
Considering I just purchased a book I want to say everything will stay the same forever but considering I have to carry an AP US history book to and from school very few days I want things more digitalized...I see arguments for both sides but I see digital as the future and I'm pretty sure others do too..I just hope I can still get a real book when everything goes digital *sigh*
05ALMA20 1 month ago
Underworld's an utterly epic book.
ofarevolution441 1 month ago
I don't know how it is on other E-Readers, but I have a kindle keyboard and I think it feels almost the same as reading a physical book. The text is exactly the same as on paper, and I find I actually read faster on the Kindle than otherwise.
berniesadvisoryrules 1 month ago
Dan what do you think about Sopa and Pipa? Do you agree with the government or are you a part of the large group of youtubers and mainly internet users against it?
MrAlexIsWeird 1 month ago
Sharing is caring. Actually not. Think of stds. There you go
Ba2coolkid 1 month ago
I doubt it. There is still a really strong market demand for physical books.Bookstores in the traditional sense might go away, but amazon and such will still sell the physical prints.
yitih 1 month ago
@underthecolours the new book smell app
poohpush 1 month ago
Totally going mad. What does 'Nyaaahnmyahh' mean....oh, and to make madness more awesome, watch Danny on the channel, Gradualreport.
Cralineleader 1 month ago
The manga (comic book) magazine "Shonen Jump Monthly" is making the transition from their content being printed onto paper to their content being exclusively online. While I'm sure the publisher, Viz, is going save money by not using paper, I feel it takes away from the readers who enjoy reading from the magazine and alienates them. Personally, I get more from a story when I read from a book than I do from online.
megapants444 1 month ago
I used an iPad for reading for a year, then when it didn't have a book, I read a paperback, and then fell back in love.
irishmigit 1 month ago
@underthecolours there is an app for that!!
poohpush 1 month ago
Also, my teacher is writing a book and she keeps saying that she's writing for the experience, it's definitely not for the money. Very few authors seem to make lots of money off of writing.
ntcssj 1 month ago
Reading has been on the decline since the digital age from newspapers to Borders, but at the same time, some books have been able to inject the whole community aspect to it. As we have SO clearly seen with Harry Potter, even with like Twilight!Sure they become movies, but they also seem to be expanding in other ways, and possibly those are how books will survive. Then again, books have ALWAYS been shared and are already shared legally online so probably nothing will change.
ntcssj 1 month ago
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Dan lots of people are privating their youtube accounts today because of SOPA. Apparently lots of youtube accounts are going to be deleted if they have copyrighted music in any of their videos. Do you know anything about this?
YourMomIsAPerra 1 month ago
I just don't really like to read books. If i didn't have iBooks on my phone, i wouldn't read books at all.
BostonLBI 1 month ago
Chess.
livinfrei 1 month ago
Why would any artist work solely with text if their art will only be read on multimedia devices? Literature needs a print medium and we need literature. Either there will always be print or humanity will collectively decided that literature is no longer necessary.
AmericanGrotesque 1 month ago
Big companies should just embrace piracy
egomaster12 1 month ago
1:53 pause there and laugh !
ninearthify 1 month ago
I barely read at all but i definitely prefer physical books. I love technology but id much rather read a book than read an ipad or a kindle or any kind of screen. Books will never stop being printed
Alfourthousand 1 month ago
I've already pirated books because you know what? Reading is reading whether you're holding paper or holding plastic. The only difference is the material. But yeah, pirating books is definitely here already
Buzz3023 1 month ago
I think, if there's a way to fairly and easily obtain products, people will support it with their money. It's why donations exist, because people are willing to support what they think is fair and right. I believe that people pirate because they don't value whatever they're pirating at the price that's being asked. Drop the price and more people will pay for the product. Pirating may never be eliminated, but until price matches value, pirating will be the ideal option for most people.
davidseitzjr 1 month ago
I'm worried that if there isn't a financial incentive to write books, the talented authors will have to work other jobs to support themselves, and not write as frequently (if ever).
And then all books become like wattpad *shudder*.
Sayuyagami1001 1 month ago
I will agree with you that for things that one is forced to read, say for work or school, convenience is ideal. But you're wrong when you say that reading a book has no "event". If it's something you're really going to enjoy reading, then having a physical book in your hands will always be above and beyond scrolling through webpages, because, at least for me, reading something online just ruins the magic. Reading a book that's in your hands is the literary equivalent of going to a concert.
BurritoMan53 1 month ago 52
@BurritoMan53 I would have agreed less than a month ago. I think that if it's a truly good book that you are reading, it can be an event no matter what medium you read through. I will always prefer physical copies and filling my shelf with their beautiful colorful spines, but I will also understand if and when I can only get digital books.
wyrmofbooks 1 month ago
Nothing will ever go fully digital. It's like vinyl records, some people like them and others don't. I think there will be a big digital book or everything market, but the physical media won't disappear.
sojavierpc 1 month ago
@sojavierpc caugh caugh ibook store / amazon kindle store anyone? already there.
theonlydoberman211 1 month ago
Yeah I don't know. I really enjoy reading books (not in digital form). Also, I would enjoy a file sharing service that's legit (kind of like Netflix but with music) since you mentioned the financial thing about it. I realize there are programs out there for that but something like what I just said would be worth it to me. (Just something official, ya know? lol)
Tazmainiac9 1 month ago
@Tazmainiac9 Spotify.
bunn1989 1 month ago
I love physical books, but I recently bought a kobo ereader and I really love it alot.
What I worry about is if the content is the same, from physical to digital.
I have found that there are some differences in the content of the 'same' reading material, but they are minor and do not make a huge difference. I think that if they just changed the format of files, they could inhibit the unwelcome sharing of certain files and material, digitally that is, but I am not sure.
thecindylorraine 1 month ago
I love being the 301st viewer. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Patsforlife1 1 month ago
Actually I disagree with the comment where you mentioned libraries are FREE. I just got my county tax bill and the library cost me $40. so much for free.
tyger3927 1 month ago
Shit... Good point dan! I had better go pirate some books to even everything out!
PardonMyZinger 1 month ago
I honestly like physical books more than digital books
SPYVSSPY364 1 month ago 94
@SPYVSSPY364 congratulations...?
paz2001 1 month ago
A6 :)
ruberband29 1 month ago
Dan, I'm a big fan of your videos, so I say this with the best of intentions and in the most sincere way:
Seriously. Dude. Lay off the coffee.
And I say that as someone who could (easily) drink a pot a day if needed.
While the new (crazy) you is very entertaining, I'm (more than) a little worried for your sanity.
TheHiguy1234 1 month ago 3
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Higuy, I'm a big fan of your comments, so I say this with the best of intentions and in the most sincere way:
Seriously. Dude. Lay off the parentheses .
And I say that as someone who could (easily) type 100 parentheses a day if needed.
While the new (insertative) you is very entertaining, I'm (more than) a little worried for your sentence flow.
chezfisto 1 month ago