Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.
Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on how to fix them.
Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
The ecological impact of book manufacture and traditional book marketing - I think that should really be considered. We have this industry in which we cut down trees to make the paper that we then use enormous amounts of electricity to turn into books that weigh a great deal and are then shipped enormous distances to point-of-sale retail.
My gut feeling is that paper and ink are going to be with us for a long time yet, and in substantial quantities, though certainly books are now going to be available in other forms.
Textbooks are no longer given to schoolchildren; they're too expensive. So they're given to the teachers, who probably need them more.
Books come from within.
A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.
I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.
I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.