Re:How the Internet changed the way we read
by Isamu on Saturday January 02, 2016 @10:54AM
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The thesis is that we read small bits of text all day, rather than books.
If anyone has a graph to show a decline in book consumption, I'd be interested to see it.
In my personal experience, I am much more aware of all sorts of books that I would like to take a look at, and it is much easier to do a quick search.
There are many more places that I see book recommendations. Reviews and mentions are much more plentiful. And of course tech books have exploded in the post-internet era.
My book consumption (reading) is way up because the all the local libraries are connected in a network that pools all their catalogs, and I have an enormous selection of books.
My book buying is probably about the same, but more informed since I can be more careful about the books I want to have permanently.
If anyone has a graph to show a decline in book consumption, I'd be interested to see it.
In my personal experience, I am much more aware of all sorts of books that I would like to take a look at, and it is much easier to do a quick search.
There are many more places that I see book recommendations. Reviews and mentions are much more plentiful. And of course tech books have exploded in the post-internet era.
My book consumption (reading) is way up because the all the local libraries are connected in a network that pools all their catalogs, and I have an enormous selection of books.
My book buying is probably about the same, but more informed since I can be more careful about the books I want to have permanently.