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The Great Gatsby was last updated in 1924. You don’t need it to be refreshed, do you? Maybe nobody will care about printed books 50 years from now, but I do. When I read a book, I’m handling a specific object in a specific time and place. The fact that when I take the book off the shelf it still says the same thing - that’s reassuring. Someone worked really hard to make the language just right, just the way they wanted it. They were so sure of it that they printed it in ink, on paper. A screen always feels like we could delete that, change that, move it around. So for a literature-crazed person like me, it’s just not permanent enough.
Jonathan Frazen in defense of the printed book — “Jonathan Franzen: e-books are damaging society.” (via oliveryeh)

Oh ffs. I love real books too but there are almost NO bookstores left (I can literally think of one - the dymocks on Collins st) and I resent paying so much more than every other country. I’d love to have nothing but real books but I love my kindle because 1 it’s not a huge mission to buy them and 2 it’s half the price. At least.

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01/30/12
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Source: telegraph.co.uk

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