kangi wrote:tycho wrote:Even before bookpoint's closure I found the 'prestige book shop' much better. But no book shop can up the street vendors if you know how to hunt for books.
And now thanks to the internet things are far much better. Examples: In one book shop I saw Freud's 'civillization and its discontents' costing 1000 sh. on the internet you get it for free... And when you have a question if you go through the search results you won't fail to find at least a book about it that you can download for free. And you can also buy some books that are difficult to find or are latest in the market.
The shrine is now in your head.
Nothing can replace the feel of holding and reading a book. Reading thro the phone or laptop gives the effect of what you go thro when reading a journal. The effect it has to me is not similar as having esp the hardcover version.
So true! There is something really sentimental about the hardcover. You wouldn't swear with an e copy of the bible would you?
No wonder,even with the advent of internet hand written letters are still very popular in UK and other old civilizations.
Of course,we prefer oral conversations and no wonder Safcom is making billions
Truth forever on the scaffold
Wrong forever on the throne
(James Russell Rowell)