YEAR OF THE E-BOOK?
The e-book is clearly here to stay - and it’s not just the young who are enthusiastic adopters; a recent poll indicated that more people over the age of 55 own e-readers than the younger generations. With greater disposable income, it’s the middle-aged who might well be leading the spear-heading the reading public’s shift from paper to pixel.
But it’s unlikely that printed pages between hard or soft covers will disappear entirely - or at least not any time soon. For all the advantages of the e-book - it’s portable, it’s cutting-edge and it means you can take as much literary fodder on holiday as you like without busting your baggage allowance - there’s something tremendously comforting about a book, an object that has been road-tested for both its attractiveness and practicality for hundreds of years.
Let's celebrate reading a great book and having some coffee.
Great links: http://www.worldbookday.com/
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
The e-book is clearly here to stay - and it’s not just the young who are enthusiastic adopters; a recent poll indicated that more people over the age of 55 own e-readers than the younger generations. With greater disposable income, it’s the middle-aged who might well be leading the spear-heading the reading public’s shift from paper to pixel.
But it’s unlikely that printed pages between hard or soft covers will disappear entirely - or at least not any time soon. For all the advantages of the e-book - it’s portable, it’s cutting-edge and it means you can take as much literary fodder on holiday as you like without busting your baggage allowance - there’s something tremendously comforting about a book, an object that has been road-tested for both its attractiveness and practicality for hundreds of years.
Let's celebrate reading a great book and having some coffee.
Great links: http://www.worldbookday.com/
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
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