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In a world where everything is now digital, physical goods have a lot more appeal. That's really what it comes down to, and they leaned into that hard. It's th
by fzeroracer 4y ago
In a world where everything is now digital, physical goods have a lot more appeal. That's really what it comes down to, and they leaned into that hard.
It's the same reason why vinyl is continuing to grow. People want something they can actually own. Books are not immune to this and there is something inherently more satisfying about having a bookshelf with the books you've read versus a library of ebooks.
- qohen 4y agoIn line with this, the owner of a book store in the Boston area told me that older folks lean towards digital books and younger folks prefer physical books. This seemed a bit counter-intuitive, given that one might have expected older people to prefer the paper books that they are used to -- as an example, an older relative of mine, an avid reader, has a Kindle but rarely uses it. I don't recall how he explained this, but it might've been that older folks don't want to accumulate more stuff while younger people have room to grow a collection as well as the point you make about wanting to acquire non-digital goods (and, relatedly, perhaps to have experiences that take them away from their screens).