there's no substitute for wandering around a bookshop looking at new and exciting titles and finding heaps of stuff you would never have thought you might like
kindles might have their place for travelling etc. but if they kill off bookshops, i will find them all, and i will burn them all.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 11:49, 3 replies)

Yer, then you could write us a story about it.

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Tue 7 Apr 2015, 13:44, closed)

If e-readers become as popular as the makers intend,
then what would happen to second-hand book shops? Or charity shops, who do a roaring trade in books? I agree wholeheartedly that a book has a distinct personality of its own and its text on a Kindle (or equivalent) just doesn't compete. I've still got one, though.

My guess is there'll always be the market for books themselves. A Kindle's not for life, just for holidays.
(zebideedoodah likes florence but prefers venice, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 15:34, closed)

they used to do a trade in second hand records too
people who fetishize the medium rather than the content are tragic old duffers
(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 15:54, closed)

some people like books or vinyl. others like to stack up bricks and burn pizzas on them
everybody needs a hobby.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 16:42, closed)

I've got a pretty nice collection of 18th and 19th century books decorating the walls as it goes
vinyl can fuck off though
(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 16:45, closed)

this is the first thing of sense i have heard from you
what have you got, what have you got, what have you got???
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 16:50, closed)

I've got a full set of Dickens and an almost matching set of Arthur Conan Doyle
Two sets of the D'Artagnan romances. A bunch of hilarious Victorian housewife guides. Most of Les Rougon-Macquart. Dunno ... other stuff.

I don't read any of them. I've got technology to do that.

edit: except the household guides ... they're excellent toilet browsing after a heavy night
(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 16:57, closed)

i am jealous
no amount of technology can look that pretty.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 17:13, closed)

they're OK for interior decor
but shit for actual reading
(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 17:35, closed)

http://b3ta.com/questions/mindchangers/post2492506

(zebideedoodah likes florence but prefers venice, Wed 8 Apr 2015, 18:24, closed)

Quite.
There's no serendipity on Kindle.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 7 Apr 2015, 21:26, closed)