The link below is to a book review that I didn’t write. The book being reviewed is ‘The Richer Sex,’ which delves into a future world where women rise above the generally accepted position of the ‘second sex.’ A review worth reading as a gate way to the actual book.
For more visit:
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/20/148688643/rich-mom-poor-dad-women-become-breadwinners
I have just started reading ‘Print is Dead – Books in our Digital Age,’ by Jeff Gomez. This book explores the future of books, with Gomez being an advocate of ebooks. I think it is fair to say that Gomez sees a future where the traditional book is little more than a relic of the past. This is certainly a view I would agree with for a number of reasons, though I do believe the traditional book will hold on for some time to come (how long I cannot say). I believe Gomez would hold to the same view from what I have read thus far (to the end of chapter 1).
In the first chapter, ‘byte flight,’ Gomez accurately sums up the situation in the traditional book vs ebook debate. There are certainly plenty of people (I was once one) who cannot see the ebook winning the battle (if we can call it a battle) and who hold a romantic attachment of sorts to the traditional book. I think this will continue to be the case among older generations for some time yet, with many older people reluctant to ‘move with the times (such a my mother and her husband).’ There are a number of reasons for this and Gomez describes some of these reluctant views in the first chapter. Overall, opposition to the dominance of the ebook is termed as ‘byte flight,’ and is probably as good a term as any to use.
Gomez believes that the younger generations will lead the way for the dominance of the ebook and in this I think he is largely correct. The digital generations are more likely to read digital books and use digital gadgets and as this grows more and more the norm, ebooks will become more and more dominant at the expense of traditional books.
See also:
http://www.dontcallhome.com/books.html (Website of Jeff Gomez)
Podcast (Excerpts from the Book)
Google Books
Amazon
The link below is a Reddit category that deals with literary videos for book readings and the like. It is a fairly new sub-reddit.
See also:
http://www.reddit.com/r/litvideos/
The video below is a literary video that I think has some relevance to this Blog – not that I can explain how.
See also:
http://www.visualnews.com/2011/07/07/the-history-of-english-in-10-minutes/
More Free Books
The link below is to a listing of free ebooks available at Hotfreebooks. There are more then 20 000 books to have a look at.
To visit:
http://www.hotfreebooks.com/
The links below are to articles on a sculpture by Spanish artist Alicia Martin called ‘Biografias,’ which means Biographies when translated into English. Interested to hear what you think.
For more visit:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/alicia-martin-biografias
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/18/when-a-library-vomits-books/
The link below is to a listing of 45 beautiful book covers. Some real good ones in the list.
For more visit:
http://wellmedicated.com/lists/45-beautifully-designed-book-covers/
More Free Books
The link below is to a listing of free ebooks available at Planet ebook. A good number of free books to start building your digital library.
The link below is to an article on the ebook vs the traditional book. It is an interesting read – worth a read I think. Maybe because the author of it has a similar opinion to me.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-adler/my-book-problem_b_1344326.html
The link below is to an article on Nook Vs Kindle, especially in relation to self-publishing.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/nook-versus-kindle-self-publishing_n_1343392.html
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