“My rooms are piled from floor to ceiling with books so that I have to think twice about where to put another one. If by some unimaginable accident all these books were to melt into air leaving my shelves bare with only a memorial list of digital files left behind I would want to melt as well for books are my life. "
In his article Jason Epstein writes about the inevitable digitalization of books. To me, the feeling of holding, feeling and smelling a book has always been a major part of the reading experience. Yes, it is time I adjust to the idea that my physical library of books will soon be perceived as out of date, but the thought of books becoming digital files stored in some digital cyberspace-library is still hard to accept without a sense of mourning.
Read the article here.
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