Does anyone else think ebooks will be the death of actual books in the near future. In my city, we have lost over 17 diffrent book stores.
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03/13/2012
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Possibly. We have ONE bookstore in this town that wasn't a used store and they took it out. You have to drive an hour to get to an actual bookstore like Barnes & Noble. You can buy from the local retail stores like Wal-Mart but the variety is gone. I was kinda bummed. I don't even think we have a used store here.
Originally posted by
Rod Ronald
Does anyone else think ebooks will be the death of actual books in the near future. In my city, we have lost over 17 diffrent book stores.
But I made the switch to the Kindle and I love it. Many books are also SO much cheaper if you buy them on a E-reader or to use on your computer. I used to get bad hand cramps holding open a new, thick book and the thin Kindle is such a relief.
03/13/2012
Eventually maybe, but not in the near future. There are still too many people who don't own eBook readers and aren't interested in getting one, especially amongst the older generations.
For me personally, no. I'm working on replacing our entire fiction collection with Kindle versions, and I'll happily get rid of all these shelves of books when I do. But when it comes to research books, DIY books, or anything else that requires a lot of paging back and forth in them, I find it's faster for me to have a physical book in hand than to try to hassle with finding the right page/s in the Kindle. Our nonfiction collections won't be getting replaced for that reason.
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For me personally, no. I'm working on replacing our entire fiction collection with Kindle versions, and I'll happily get rid of all these shelves of books when I do. But when it comes to research books, DIY books, or anything else that requires a lot of paging back and forth in them, I find it's faster for me to have a physical book in hand than to try to hassle with finding the right page/s in the Kindle. Our nonfiction collections won't be getting replaced for that reason.
~M
03/13/2012
I have my Nook and have bought some books for it, but only one of those so far is one I don't also own in paperback as well. I don't think that ebooks alone will cause the smaller stores to go out of business though.
03/13/2012
Maybe in the distant future, but I don't think it's in danger of happening soon. I have a Nook, but there's something about reading an actual book that makes me really happy.
03/14/2012
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This is pretty much how I see it too.
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Alan & Michele
Eventually maybe, but not in the near future. There are still too many people who don't own eBook readers and aren't interested in getting one, especially amongst the older generations.
For me personally, no. I'm working on ... more
For me personally, no. I'm working on ... more
Eventually maybe, but not in the near future. There are still too many people who don't own eBook readers and aren't interested in getting one, especially amongst the older generations.
For me personally, no. I'm working on replacing our entire fiction collection with Kindle versions, and I'll happily get rid of all these shelves of books when I do. But when it comes to research books, DIY books, or anything else that requires a lot of paging back and forth in them, I find it's faster for me to have a physical book in hand than to try to hassle with finding the right page/s in the Kindle. Our nonfiction collections won't be getting replaced for that reason.
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For me personally, no. I'm working on replacing our entire fiction collection with Kindle versions, and I'll happily get rid of all these shelves of books when I do. But when it comes to research books, DIY books, or anything else that requires a lot of paging back and forth in them, I find it's faster for me to have a physical book in hand than to try to hassle with finding the right page/s in the Kindle. Our nonfiction collections won't be getting replaced for that reason.
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My roommate is a bibliophile and will always have her library. Meanwhile, started moving to ebooks. They're just so much easier to move!
03/14/2012
I'm torn. I like the kindle and etc. I just feel like I would be selling out in some strange way if I bought one
03/14/2012
I hope not! I have the nook... just got it this xmas. But I love having the actual book to! Ereaders are great for reading/backlit but I don't feel like I REALLY have the book unless I have the hard copy.
I still buy books, but mostly it’s been ebooks... I usually get the copies of books I really like. I want to have millions of book cases full of books- like a room of books!
But yeah a lot of book stores have gone out of business around here to. Boarders went completely out of business so I’m usually buying from Barns and Noble or BAM.
Although Ereaders are usually made by the book stores so they still get that revenue to keep the stores and whatnot.
I still buy books, but mostly it’s been ebooks... I usually get the copies of books I really like. I want to have millions of book cases full of books- like a room of books!
But yeah a lot of book stores have gone out of business around here to. Boarders went completely out of business so I’m usually buying from Barns and Noble or BAM.
Although Ereaders are usually made by the book stores so they still get that revenue to keep the stores and whatnot.
03/14/2012
I think the internet and high speed connections will be the death of alot of things. We lost a big chain a few years ago. I am not sure about the smaller chains. We still have the one based here that I do all my book shopping from.
03/15/2012
I have a Nook (I used to have a Kobo, what a piece of crap. The Nook is much better.... it works.)
I like it for some things, but I still buy books, we still go to the library frequently.
I think the demise of the local book store is more due to places like Amazon. Even large chains like Borders (too many of which were not well run) died a terrible death due to the prices they couldn't match from Amazon.
Ebooks are good for some things. I wouldn't want a cook book in E form or like someone said, a DIY book. Or books with large pictures, those have to be on paper.
I think books will be around forever. (They better; one of our daughters is spending a fortune on her MS in Library Science! She's gonna need a job, and our entire family loves books!)
I like it for some things, but I still buy books, we still go to the library frequently.
I think the demise of the local book store is more due to places like Amazon. Even large chains like Borders (too many of which were not well run) died a terrible death due to the prices they couldn't match from Amazon.
Ebooks are good for some things. I wouldn't want a cook book in E form or like someone said, a DIY book. Or books with large pictures, those have to be on paper.
I think books will be around forever. (They better; one of our daughters is spending a fortune on her MS in Library Science! She's gonna need a job, and our entire family loves books!)
03/15/2012
There will always be printed books.
03/16/2012
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