tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post5114256737691671838..comments2023-06-27T01:34:35.359-07:00Comments on Ted Burke LIKE IT OR NOT: The new book?TED BURKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-14787763281634392612009-03-18T11:58:00.000-07:002009-03-18T11:58:00.000-07:00I admit that I have given some thought about acqui...I admit that I have given some thought about acquiring a kindle, but so far have resisted.<BR/><BR/>One of the reasons in no doubt a stubborn strain of ludditism (is that a word?) -- a part of me that holds on, perhaps too tightly, to traditional means of reading and publishing books.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I have, for many years, read newspapers and many newsmagazines on line, and can't say that I miss the print versions at all.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, I guess I would like to be able to acquire the rights to a digital version of every book I buy in print -- to be able to use the search functions, for example, or to more easily copy bits I might wish to quote in my own writing....<BR/><BR/>I suppose as much as anything that prevents my making the kindle move so far is that my track record on picking the technological option that will survive is not so good. <BR/><BR/>Well, that and the cost -- which I suppose might eventually be recovered in savings in the cost of the books purchased, but which is still steep enough to give me second thoughts.Robert Scheidlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887312225745819128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-66797253739782459942009-03-16T11:47:00.000-07:002009-03-16T11:47:00.000-07:00Reading from a computer...I cannot remember what m...Reading from a computer...I cannot remember what magazine I found the article, but I read last year that text read from a computer doesn't stick the way text does from a book. Apparently, scrolling interrupts the impression process. I'm not sure how scrolling would differ from turning a page, but there was a study done...dunno if it's been repeated.<BR/><BR/>*** *** *** ***<BR/><BR/>I wanted to come on here and rant that books...paper can never be truly and properly replaced, but then, there's the part of me that blames much of man's downfall on books...(and mirrors - another rant, another day.)<BR/><BR/>With all my heart, I wish that humans would return to the oral traditions. Elders teaching through anecdotes and the telling (and retelling) of old myths. <BR/><BR/>Books serve to isolate us. And I say this as someone who reveres books. I'm lost. I was socialized to love books...anything put to paper. Ink and paper. You should have seen the books I collected. I couldn't help myself. I had to read it all. <BR/><BR/>Thinking aloud here...maybe the electronic book will end up like oral story-telling. I've read that data on discs doesn't last nearly as long as ink on paper. So maybe that which is not carved in stone or stamped on paper will be allowed to shape as events shapes our grandchildren's perceptions.<BR/><BR/> [Consider the bible, here. Myths believed to carry more weight, because they're printed rather than spoken. And of course, inalterable, because they are written.]<BR/><BR/>One advantage of oral story-telling is that the story alters with the teller, the audience, and recent events. <BR/><BR/>So maybe the re<I>prints</I> of any books kept on these impermanent discs will include edits/alterations necessary to the their contemporary audience. <BR/><BR/>Sure. Not good for science, but probably better for more effective socialization of healthy humans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com