Books, Piracy and my Descent into Madness

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[JustAnne27]

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.

[UnitedsWorld]

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

[thenofxer]

WAIT? i unsubed cause i thougght u were no longer.

[sethboy66]

@UnitedsWorld And at home you can use spellcheck, like you should have done...

[syberblade50]

@JustAnne27 how many studies? if its just one study it is not that reliable

[mysslyss96]

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]

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]

@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.

[JoCatofCatLand]

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.

[scaredofvelvet]

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.