“ I would very much miss books as material objects were they to disappear. The tactility of books assists my memory, for one thing. I can’t remember the quote I’m searching for, or maybe even the title of the work that contains it, but I can remember that the book is green, that the margins are unusually wide, and that the quote lies two-thirds of the way down a right-hand page. If books all appear as nearly identical digital readouts, my memory will be impoverished.
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OMNIVORACIOUS: A Mind in the Hive: Luc Sante’s Living Library (via heilemann)
I’ve read some ebooks on a Palm and now on the iPhone, but I’m still on the paper book side of the fence. There is still something I do love about books that ebooks cannot give to me, but oh boy, the convenience of having books in your pocket..