“[T]here is no substitute for reading, and there never will be. Hearing something aloud is its own experience, but it’s hard to beat sitting in bed or in a comfortable chair turning the pages of a book, putting it down, and eagerly awaiting the chance to get back to it.”
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Oh, I SO totally agree with this. No Kindle or whatever for me.
They keep trying to say that books (and by association, libraries) are doomed in this electronic age, but I believe this is the very reason why “they” are wrong.
I love reading, and books, as much as anyone. And, personally, I have no desire to use a Kindle or iPad to read.
But technology is pervasive, and I have no doubt that the clock is running out on books as we know them. Convenience trumps tradition, as we’ve seen many times. And the kids in preschool right now – who’ll never write a non-electronic letter, use a pay phone, flip through a card catalog, watch a TV show in real time, or wonder what today’s weather will be – will have no emotional tie to paper books.
It’s sad, I know. But I fear it is inevitable.
Think of all the trees we’ll save.