Video – ‘The End of Publishing’
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
I’m on a video binge right now. There are a lot of cool, appropriate videos out there for us literary inclined folks. Who’da thought?
This video is a little simplistic, but fairly interesting look into the modern world of the written word. I tend to agree with this video’s over all message; the younger generations are more interested in literature than they’re given credit for.
Hopefully interested above and beyond the likes of Twilight too.
God Save the Books,
C. Harder
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No. 1 — March 24th, 2010 at 10:09 am
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No. 2 — March 28th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Of course books will survive. In digital format. Don’t fret over the change in delivery system. The Word is what counts. And the Word is being e-shared more expediently than ever before.
For example:
http://www.amazon.com/FORTY-YEARS-LATER-ebook/dp/B002T44IEE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261020319&sr=1-1
No. 3 — March 28th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Yes, but something about the change in delivery system has me worried about the art as a whole. Along with the internet (Youtube, Facebook, ect.) comes a standard of instant gratification and immediate entertainment that books don’t supply. A book is something you become involved in, something you give yourself to. Will newer generations (mine included) really care to read 100pg before they get to the meaty reading, when they can just turn on a mindless youtube clip and be instantly satisfied? This, coupled with the lackluster, inferior touch and feeling of an ‘e-reader’ (vs. a physical book), worries me.
No. 4 — March 31st, 2010 at 11:05 am
To me, eReaders are the worst thing to happen in publishing. Reading is an experience — and as Christian mentioned, not one inclined towards instant gratification. It is not just about the words on the page; reading is so much more than that. eReaders will never, in my mind, take the place of the experience of reading a book. They will never emulate the weight of the book in your hand, the feel and the sound of the pages as you turn to the next, the smell of the book. That is all part of the experience of reading. Nothing will take the place of that.