The death of the book, again
Crooked Timber,
Oct 21, 2024
"We're in another round of concern about the 'death of the book'," writes an unnamed author, "and, in particular, the claimed inability or unwillingness of young people to read full-length books." I think the two halves of this statement are separate questions. The first refers to the physical product printed on paper. The second refers to longtext. As the author points out, it's hard to find stores that sell the first product any longer (except, of course, on university campuses). Most people don't want them any more. And it's hard to find the second anywhere at all, other than behind an arbitrarily expensive paywall.
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