Comments on: Is the Hardcover Novel Dead http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/is-the-hardcover-novel-dead A Site About Everything and Nothing Fri, 16 May 2008 06:17:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Is the Hardcover Novel Dead by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/is-the-hardcover-novel-dead#comment-5355 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:13:40 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/is-the-hardcover-novel-dead#comment-5355 ARB wise words ! I heard of someone who voraciously reads paperback books, every time they finish a page they tear it out and discard it, a novel (pun not intended originally but kept in so as to make me appear witty) form of book marking. As to modern houses, look at modern design, look at these'show houses' if, and that's a big if, you see a book it will be on design, art or cookery and laid on a coffee table for decoration as a statment of the homeowners interests Rod ARB
wise words !
I heard of someone who voraciously reads paperback books, every time they finish a page they tear it out and discard it, a novel (pun not intended originally but kept in so as to make me appear witty) form of book marking.

As to modern houses, look at modern design, look at these’show houses’ if, and that’s a big if, you see a book it will be on design, art or cookery and laid on a coffee table for decoration as a statment of the homeowners interests
Rod

]]> Comment on Is the Hardcover Novel Dead by: A Retired Bookdealer http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/is-the-hardcover-novel-dead#comment-5352 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:26:29 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/is-the-hardcover-novel-dead#comment-5352 <i>The Hardcover Novel</i> Yes - I think it is soon to become a thing of the past, as you rightly say libraries have been holding this one up for years, also what you say about the throw away society is right, people do prefer to buy a paperback and then dispose of it when they have finished reading it, from their point of view the paperback is good value and serves its purpose well. I know someone who works in a hotel and they regularly remove from rooms to the lost property cupboard bought brand new, unwanted paperback books, which proves a point, it has been read by a guest and once read is no longer wanted. Also are there enough serious readers and collectors out there to support the hardback book market, do people still collect things ?, do people have room in their houses to store a collection of books ?, possibly not, new houses are certainly not built with the collector in mind, there are no alcoves to put shelves and no spare cupboard space for the collector to store his or her prize possessions. We may see a rise in readers in this country but my hunch is they will want their reading matter on the cheap, this is where sadly the paperback will win. The Hardcover Novel
Yes - I think it is soon to become a thing of the past, as you rightly say libraries have been holding this one up for years, also what you say about the throw away society is right, people do prefer to buy a paperback and then dispose of it when they have finished reading it, from their point of view the paperback is good value and serves its purpose well.

I know someone who works in a hotel and they regularly remove from rooms to the lost property cupboard bought brand new, unwanted paperback books, which proves a point, it has been read by a guest and once read is no longer wanted.

Also are there enough serious readers and collectors out there to support the hardback book market, do people still collect things ?, do people have room in their houses to store a collection of books ?, possibly not, new houses are certainly not built with the collector in mind, there are no alcoves to put shelves and no spare cupboard space for the collector to store his or her prize possessions.

We may see a rise in readers in this country but my hunch is they will want their reading matter on the cheap, this is where sadly the paperback will win.

]]> Comment on Is the Hardcover Novel Dead by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/is-the-hardcover-novel-dead#comment-5335 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:48:06 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/is-the-hardcover-novel-dead#comment-5335 Jordan it could be getting even worse Jeff bezos, founder of Amazon, claims the book to be dead this week as he lauched his portable book reader ! You can download books onto it and read them where ever you want, an iPod for books if you will ! Best RC Jordan
it could be getting even worse
Jeff bezos, founder of Amazon, claims the book to be dead this week as he lauched his portable book reader !
You can download books onto it and read them where ever you want, an iPod for books if you will !

Best
RC

]]> Comment on Is the Hardcover Novel Dead by: Jordan http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/is-the-hardcover-novel-dead#comment-5331 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:40:10 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/is-the-hardcover-novel-dead#comment-5331 RC Yes i care! What is the world coming to? Cheap nasty paperbacks, dogeared, bent spines. Trash Grrrr Picador :-~ Jordan RC

Yes i care! What is the world coming to?

Cheap nasty paperbacks, dogeared, bent spines. Trash

Grrrr Picador :-~

Jordan

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