Over at the Design Observer, librarian/curator/writer Timothy Young offers a damn good list of ten reasons why the printed book still matters. Here’s a stripped down version (see below) of the list. If you’re inclined, check out the fully unexpurgated version of the well developed reasons right about here.
- It is a piece of technology that lasts
- It needs very little, if any, extra technology to be accessed
- The book retains evidence
- Books are true to form
- Each copy of a book is potentially unique
- Printed items are consumable goods
- A book is an object fixed in time
- A book can be an object of beauty and human craftsmanship
- When you are reading a book in a public place, other people can see what you are reading
- The Internet will never contain every book
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