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[Jan. 21st, 2007|10:30 am] |
Working with paper books has become an inconvenience. You can't search them, you can't extract quotes easily, you can't have tags, etc. Hopefully, Google will get some traction with copyrights holders to make electronics books widely available. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2557653,00.html
Codices, bound books with pages, started replacing scrolls about two thousand years ago. They were smaller, because one could write on both sides of the parchment; they were more convenient, because they could be opened easily on any page; they were more transportable, because their hard covers allowed for better packaging. Eventually, codices replaced scrolls on library shelves, because a "brick" book, with a "name" written on its spine, makes for efficient storage and access.
Even the printing press revolution didn't change the codex form that much. We still access most of information today using the two thousand year technology. But it looks like the era of paper pages bound by a hard spine is coming to an end. Will the change be as monumental as the transition from scrolls to codices? |
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Yep, now it is the era of unbound Letter-size printouts, spread on the desk and floor :)
I used this technology quite extensively ten-fifteen years ago :) Nowadays I stick with my tablet PC.
> Nowadays I stick with my tablet PC.
Never ! I have to be tortured and my family kidnapped to start reading long texts from any kind of screen :)
Get yourself a better screen ;)
Seriously, I can't even express in words how frustrating it is to work with paper books, compared with a decent laptop screen that can be rotated 90 degrees. The only problem is it's not bright enough in direct sun. I can't work on my patio! :( | |
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