tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post1841891249028786003..comments2024-03-10T14:07:40.468-04:00Comments on Blue Rose Girls: Too many books? or too few?Blue Rose Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224076615462128422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-43527023082540771122011-10-07T20:21:40.248-04:002011-10-07T20:21:40.248-04:00Meghan! I hope you're right. When I read about...Meghan! I hope you're right. When I read about libraries giving away (or throwing out) all their books and replacing them with ebooks, I worry. But it's also true that libraries did that before ebooks--I remember how outraged my mother was when the SF Public Library got rid of a lot of its books (I think she said they threw them into the Bay but I may be remembering this incorrectly) to make room for FURNITURE. Not more books-- just some fancy furniture they bought.<br /><br />So I am really hoping you are right! It's true that books have been around for hundreds and hundreds of years....but I also worry about publishers only publishing the mass market ones, and the kinds of novels I like to read not being published or even written anymore, and the old authors disappearing.Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-57011985097801817082011-10-07T18:48:47.646-04:002011-10-07T18:48:47.646-04:00Libby, you can never have too many books! Stick so...Libby, you can never have too many books! Stick some shelves in the hallways. that's what I'm going to do. And books aren't going to disappear. Ebooks aren't going to kill them that quickly. If you read my post on my other blog about the lovely book I bought and I how much I love its cover and design you'll know that some people like me just like them as objects. You can't find that digitally. Also, and maybe I'll repost it--PW posted about a teen who said he loves reading books and doesn't like ebooks. He likes the feel of paper. So they're not going anywhere!Meghan McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117528918335897128noreply@blogger.com