ebookporn: One thing I can’t ever see eBooks replacing is the architectural and fetishistic role printed books play in our lives. There is palpable difference to the feeling and nuance of reading a book in a room lined with books, each spine a visual clue to the infinity of thought that lies within its covers. A personal library is a physical representation of your spiritual and intellectual self, a personal church to reflect and be inspired in. A file list in a menu does not do this. Perhaps this role of digital books is to be the Netflix of publishing. Try before you own.  A quote from this Wired article suggests, “I’d rather be a renter in Borges’ library than the owner of my own.” http://bit.ly/arSiGx I would amend it to, “I’d would like to be a renter in Borges’ library and then build my own.” Photo: Gabriel García Márquez in the library of his home in Mexico

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One thing I can’t ever see eBooks replacing is the architectural and fetishistic role printed books play in our lives. There is palpable difference to the feeling and nuance of reading a book in a room lined with books, each spine a visual clue to the infinity of thought that lies within its covers. A personal library is a physical representation of your spiritual and intellectual self, a personal church to reflect and be inspired in. A file list in a menu does not do this.

Perhaps this role of digital books is to be the Netflix of publishing. Try before you own.  A quote from this Wired article suggests, “I’d rather be a renter in Borges’ library than the owner of my own.” http://bit.ly/arSiGx

I would amend it to, “I’d would like to be a renter in Borges’ library and then build my own.”

Photo: Gabriel García Márquez in the library of his home in Mexico

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    Mine would, too.
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    I’m sort of curious about all the little ebook gadgets out there (at the moment they’re way too out of my price range,...
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    …or, we could think about owning an eBook reader, and making good use of a library card… :-)
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    this is on my Christmas list. sometimes it’s the object itself, not the content, that we love.
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