Digital evolution has long since swept the audio and video realms, leaving holdout purists clinging to tubes, vinyl and film. Holding back the broad digitization of books - besides the special sensory experience they deliver in their traditional form - has been a spotty digital inventory and the lack of a dominant device for displaying them.
But as habits change and content inventory nears critical mass (Google, to name one prospective repository, is still wrangling with copyright issues), digital books might finally gain a foothold, observers say - not as a replacement format, but as an alternative delivery system not unlike the audiobook. Both the publishing industry and the reading public appear to be shaking the notion that for the beloved book, digital equals death.
I,ve read samples online, but it bothers my eyes after a while so I end up printing it. I would not read a full book on the screen. I also prefer to take the book with me.
There is no way I could stare at a computer screen that long. I don't think I could fall asleep reading on-line the same as with a novel on my face, it would be awkward...
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