tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post8486909988581374124..comments2024-01-20T00:59:08.689+00:00Comments on Brave New World: KOBO Has To Follow?Martyn Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-75189967388537473152011-06-14T14:13:26.178+00:002011-06-14T14:13:26.178+00:00To me the big deal is that books never needed a pl...To me the big deal is that books never needed a player until now. Your old 78 records had to have a player with a big horn speaker to hear Robert Johnson, for example.<br /><br />You accepted that. I know coz I'm 187 years old. Same with 45s and 33s. Then tapes and CDs. And now MP3s.<br /><br />But books, you think Good Christ, can't we just get on with it, read the damn thing! And a lotta people don't wanna pay out $200 for some player. Gadget people love it, and there's a lot of them....but it's not the same as book lovers.<br /><br />But to me the big transition is that books have to have a player.<br /><br />And with loaning, well, I guess you gotta pay for a player...unless the library offers one as part of the loan.<br /><br />I've read books on my phone. It's ok. But it still looks part of the BIG devaluing of information that seems to be coming.Doktor Snakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432804703559271294noreply@blogger.com