Comments on: Weeklings: E-books, E-books, E-books . . . Aieeee! http://blog.booklistonline.com/2010/08/20/weeklings-e-books-e-books-e-books-aieeee/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Linda Hedrick http://blog.booklistonline.com/2010/08/20/weeklings-e-books-e-books-e-books-aieeee/comment-page-1/#comment-514041 Linda Hedrick Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:40:01 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=5879#comment-514041 One of the best pieces I’ve read on printed books vs. ebooks is by Stephen J. Gertz on Booktryst:
http://www.booktryst.com/2010/08/e-publishing-consultant-mike-shatzkin.html

]]> By: Keir Graff http://blog.booklistonline.com/2010/08/20/weeklings-e-books-e-books-e-books-aieeee/comment-page-1/#comment-513986 Keir Graff Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:38:05 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=5879#comment-513986 Ha! The Atlantic also had a nice piece moderating the drama of the Wired article–reminding people that plenty of old technology continues to exist alongside new.

I think I’m not so afraid of e-books as I am tired of reading sweeping pronouncements about them. As an LP fan who still finds and buys LPs, I don’t worry that paper books are going away tomorrow. But media hysteria has a way of making readers feel as if CHANGE is happening NOW and if you don’t ACT FAST you’ll be LEFT BEHIND!

I prefer to ease my way into these newfangled technologies….

]]> By: Mary http://blog.booklistonline.com/2010/08/20/weeklings-e-books-e-books-e-books-aieeee/comment-page-1/#comment-513984 Mary Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:32:54 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=5879#comment-513984 There, there, Keir! Read this essay on “The Tragic Death of Practically Everything” and feel much better:
http://technologizer.com/2010/08/18/the-tragic-death-of-practically-everything/

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