Voices Soft, Words Inviting: Going Digital Won’t Be the Death of Print

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“And their voices were soft,
And their words inviting…

I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
When hope was high and life, worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die…”

- Les Misérables

I love books.

I blog about them and I think words are these powerful objects that make the world turn around and around.

When I blogged about the e-book being the death of print, a little piece of me died inside. When I tweeted and tweeted about how amazing the new Nook from Barnes & Noble was looking, a little bit more of me died inside and then I read “Beyond Borders: The Future Of Bookselling” and I felt like I got a little bit of my own back.

I concur; I support; I most certainly agree – shopping for books is like shopping for a good husband or that snug fitting dress to make the opposite sex’s jaw drop. It takes time, patience, concentration and yes, you’ll know it when [Read more...]

Closer to the Death of Print: Barnes & Noble opens e-book store

Image by John Brock via Panoramio

Barnes and Noble, the happiest place on earth according to me, has finally done it – they’ve opened an e-book store. Move over Kindle, you have competition.

With 700,000 titles and growing, the company is offering 500,000 of those for FREE via a partnership with Google Books.

My biggest concern, which is more like a question – does this mean another [Read more...]

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