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llmart

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2. I can't imagine my life without books.....

Reply to RetroGamer1971 (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:38 PM

Jan 2013

real books with their wonderful smell and feel and everything else. I don't want to be around when libraries no longer carry real books. Yes, I understand that e-readers are popular and libraries are having to purchase databases of downloadable books, but I think it will be a long time before books in libraries are abolished altogether.

I've worked in libraries and remember when DVD's came out. Many of our older patrons were truly upset that we did away with VCR tapes because they couldn't afford to go out and buy a DVD player and didn't want to learn how to work something new. It took about a decade before our library decided to do away with the tapes. In spite of I-pods, most libraries still carry a CD collection because most people don't have I-pods even now that the prices have come down.

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Nation's First Bookless Library Set To Open [View all] RetroGamer1971 Jan 2013 OP

awwwww. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #1

I can't imagine my life without books..... llmart Jan 2013 #2

You must have been sad when they got rid of dial phones... brooklynite Jan 2013 #12

Then I guess the other cultural arts don't mean much to you either..... llmart Jan 2013 #16

If there was only "one" of each book, I might take your analogy... brooklynite Jan 2013 #18

You said you prefer function over form... llmart Jan 2013 #19

You can't flip the pages of an ebook. That's a function performed better by a real book. pnwmom Jan 2013 #25

You apparently don't have an iPad brooklynite Jan 2013 #27

Been a heavy reader since I first learned how, and I love real books, BUT.... MotorCityMan Jan 2013 #26

Scanning the stacks with my eyes lets me know what the library has at a long glance, shraby Jan 2013 #3

Some of the best books I've read were found while looking csziggy Jan 2013 #10

+ struggle4progress Jan 2013 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX Jan 2013 #4

Progressively more glad that I am old.....nft plethoro Jan 2013 #5

Hi, LBN host here OKNancy Jan 2013 #6

Thanks for the news, RG.. Cha Jan 2013 #7

While I understand this, it is disturbing Duer 157099 Jan 2013 #8

This only works if there are enough gadgets for each person with a library card graham4anything Jan 2013 #9

The library furnishes the downloads...... llmart Jan 2013 #14

Yes, I know what the concept it, but not everyone can afford an e-reader or computer graham4anything Jan 2013 #17

Oh, I understand completely. llmart Jan 2013 #20

I have't been to a library since grad school. nt. naaman fletcher Jan 2013 #11

I am a book person. Books are gods to me. littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #13

Not everyone in this country can afford a "device du jour". llmart Jan 2013 #15

I think you missed my point and have made some assumptions that seem harsh to me. littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #24

"What do you use your local library for? " dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #21

I check out e-books from my local library. We get paper books, CDs and DVDs as well. Hekate Jan 2013 #22

A trip to the library Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2013 #23

What do I use the library for? To masturbate in public with the other hobos AngryAmish Jan 2013 #28

I borrow books from my library, primarily. infidel dog Jan 2013 #30