October 14th, 2009 / 9:10 pm
Snippets

The tools (as usual) are neutral. It’s up to us to insist that onscreen reading enhance, not replace, traditional book reading. It’s up to us to remember that the medium is not the message; that the meaning and music of the words is what matters, not the glitzy vehicle they arrive in.

from David Gerlenter, in this presentation: Does the Brain Like E-Books?

8 Comments

  1. Matthias Rascher

      Impressive words, I cannot but agree. E-books seem to be more common in the States already than over here in Germany, where publishers are still loath to move into the e-business. And in Germany, the big publishers have a lot of power.
      “Slowing the Kindle Revolution: German Publishers Putting Kibosh on E-Books” (Oct 15, 2009) http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,655422,00.html

  2. Matthias Rascher

      Impressive words, I cannot but agree. E-books seem to be more common in the States already than over here in Germany, where publishers are still loath to move into the e-business. And in Germany, the big publishers have a lot of power.
      “Slowing the Kindle Revolution: German Publishers Putting Kibosh on E-Books” (Oct 15, 2009) http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,655422,00.html

  3. davidpeak

      and not one of them mentioned bear parade. lame.

  4. davidpeak

      and not one of them mentioned bear parade. lame.

  5. Jonny Ross

      do those things go asplode in four years, like my ipud did?

  6. Jonny Ross

      do those things go asplode in four years, like my ipud did?

  7. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      My eyePods went splode in six months. You must be lucky. You win six internets and two googlynets for that

  8. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      My eyePods went splode in six months. You must be lucky. You win six internets and two googlynets for that