Only people who have never had a conversation with me would not know my feelings about books; paper books, that is. I don't care what anyone says, ebooks are not books, they are digitized manuscripts. (I bet that comment makes me lots of friends.)
This book was published in 1848. That's a book!
I'm fairly certain that an ebook won't last 158 years. Just saying...
Here is another of my treasured books to share with you. This was my mother's book of Bryant's Poems. I loved this book during my teen-aged-poetry stage.
And this little book of essays was published in 1907.
The copyright is on the front cover...I hope you can see it. I can click on the picture to make it larger. Can you?
Back to my point. Amazon is opening a physical bookstore in Seattle, Washington, on November 3rd -- yes! It is a bit ironic that the online book seller that helped fuel the end to many bookstores has brought the industry full circle.
Check out the article here! Amazon opens Bookstore
Here is another of my treasured books to share with you. This was my mother's book of Bryant's Poems. I loved this book during my teen-aged-poetry stage.
The copyright is on the front cover...I hope you can see it. I can click on the picture to make it larger. Can you?
Back to my point. Amazon is opening a physical bookstore in Seattle, Washington, on November 3rd -- yes! It is a bit ironic that the online book seller that helped fuel the end to many bookstores has brought the industry full circle.
Check out the article here! Amazon opens Bookstore
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ReplyDeleteA book to me is one I can find where I stop in a blink of an eye.
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