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Why does this process exist anymore? Book binding might as well go the way of vinyl records. The digital product is just as good if not better. The future of
by rs999gti 5y ago
Why does this process exist anymore?
Book binding might as well go the way of vinyl records. The digital product is just as good if not better.
The future of printed books may be just curios that very few people collect, to have a physical product in their hands and for nostalgia.
- dreamcompiler 5y agoDigital books (on e-paper anyway) cannot yet handle the range of colors paper can. OLED can do this much better than paper but it also requires much more energy than e-paper. Long term I wonder how long digital books will last. After the apocalypse paper books will still be readable but will we have the devices, the batteries, the Internet-connected DRM systems etc to read digital books? All that said I still buy mostly e-books when color doesn't matter. I used to own a printing business, so I feel some nostalgia about paper books, but the sheer tonnage of paper books in my house is threatening to condense into a mini black hole, so e-books it is for me from now on.
- gscott 5y agoVinyl records are popular again.
- jdkee 5y agoHave you heard about the resurgence in vinyl record sales? https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/01/12/vinyl-music-sales-grow-2021/9168973002/ https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/01...