Comments on: Do Books Have a Future ? http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future A Site About Everything and Nothing Thu, 17 May 2012 21:24:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Do Books Have a Future ? by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-14085 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:36:44 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-14085 Ray, thanks for the comment and welcome to the site. I do hope you're correct though sadly bookshop statistics show shop numbers are in decline. Best wishes Rod Ray,
thanks for the comment and welcome to the site.
I do hope you’re correct though sadly bookshop statistics show shop numbers are in decline.
Best wishes
Rod

]]> Comment on Do Books Have a Future ? by: Ray http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-14081 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:23:33 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-14081 Books will never die no matter the challenge posed by electronic devices ie internet.This is because as years go by more and more books get published so let as hope more bookshops will be established to cater for the growth of books. Books will never rest in peace[die].They will continue growing for a long time. Books will never die no matter the challenge posed by electronic devices ie internet.This is because as years go by more and more books get published so let as hope more bookshops will be established to cater for the growth of books.

Books will never rest in peace[die].They will continue growing for a long time.

]]> Comment on Do Books Have a Future ? by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-8133 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:30:45 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-8133 Hi Juli, charity shops discard more boks than they sell I'm afraid. Most of the books Oxfma used to get were sold for pulping ! Others throw anything out bar new 'shiny' books, ironically often discarding the only ones of real value ! I don't think we'll ever see the end of books totally ut I think it'll be harder to be able to find a bookshop outside of cities and also 'quality' books and things never destined to be bestsellers may well fall by the wayside. All the best Rod Hi Juli,
charity shops discard more boks than they sell I’m afraid.
Most of the books Oxfma used to get were sold for pulping !
Others throw anything out bar new ’shiny’ books, ironically often discarding the only ones of real value !

I don’t think we’ll ever see the end of books totally ut I think it’ll be harder to be able to find a bookshop outside of cities and also ‘quality’ books and things never destined to be bestsellers may well fall by the wayside.
All the best
Rod

]]> Comment on Do Books Have a Future ? by: juli http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-8132 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:28:35 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-8132 An interesting one - personally the idea of the end of books as we know them terrifies me, but then I've always been an avid reader, so may well be in the minority. Something I did discover the other day that left me seething was that charity shops apparently often throw perfectly good books away! I suspect the rise of the internet is having a very bad effect on bookshops, particularly the individual shops, as they simply can't compete with the prices and offers of the large chains and the online retailers. I can't ever see the end of the traditional book. But maybe I'm just burying my head in the sand? An interesting one - personally the idea of the end of books as we know them terrifies me, but then I’ve always been an avid reader, so may well be in the minority. Something I did discover the other day that left me seething was that charity shops apparently often throw perfectly good books away!

I suspect the rise of the internet is having a very bad effect on bookshops, particularly the individual shops, as they simply can’t compete with the prices and offers of the large chains and the online retailers.

I can’t ever see the end of the traditional book. But maybe I’m just burying my head in the sand?

]]> Comment on Do Books Have a Future ? by: Little Brother http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-8109 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:33:45 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/do-books-have-a-future#comment-8109 Rod, I was reading an article by one of the top food and travel authors of the modern era and she said that she was in real fear for the future of books and what level of relevance would future generations place on them. A sad thought indeed. LB Rod,
I was reading an article by one of the top food and travel authors of the modern era and she said that she was in real fear for the future of books and what level of relevance would future generations place on them. A sad thought indeed.

LB

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