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This. Business books like Rework are about sharing ideas from the authors. People who read it want to share it with other people they know, too, which is why a
by zlopid 15y ago
This. Business books like Rework are about sharing ideas from the authors. People who read it want to share it with other people they know, too, which is why a paper version is great - it's continuously share-able.
- jonnathanson 15y agoI agree that ebooks should be sharable, and that sharability lends a nice advantage to paper. At the same time, I'm not necessarily convinced that sharability is a decisive factor in most people's decisions to buy paper over ebooks. Who knows; it might well be. Just seems like a bit of a stretch to suggest that most people are still choosing paper because they want to share it. (Whereas I have seen countless hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people who buy paper books to hoard or display, presumably unread). My inner optimist would like to agree with you, but my inner cynic has a less charitable view of most buyers in this genre.