> The real disruption of books haven't really happened.
Imo, this is one of the tech pathologies. The culture does not care about building and creating anymore, all it cares about is disrupting and destroying. Books were disrupted all right.
> I thought eBooks and digital books would get us there, but it simply hasn't changed anything.
Of course not. The culture of broad reading require people to show books they like to friends and share them. It requires culture building. Ebook devices are locked out, unnecessary expensive due to e-paper patent and an obstacle to any of that.
And it requires discovery. You used to pick a book and read several page at random places of your choice and then decide. Ebooks shop allows me to see a picture of the first page or some such.
Imo, this is one of the tech pathologies. The culture does not care about building and creating anymore, all it cares about is disrupting and destroying. Books were disrupted all right.
> I thought eBooks and digital books would get us there, but it simply hasn't changed anything.
Of course not. The culture of broad reading require people to show books they like to friends and share them. It requires culture building. Ebook devices are locked out, unnecessary expensive due to e-paper patent and an obstacle to any of that.
And it requires discovery. You used to pick a book and read several page at random places of your choice and then decide. Ebooks shop allows me to see a picture of the first page or some such.