Posted by blackhole89

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It might put some financial pressure on book printers - or actually force them to downscale and raise prices further because it would turn books into a niche hobby for people who want something to display on your shelves, depending on how you look at it.

Even as one of the more computer-dependent people out there, I must say I still haven't quite accommodated myself with the notion of reading literature on a computer screen; paper and ink are easier on the eyes in the long run and the bit of input device innovation we've been getting has not really managed to replicate the convenience of flipping pages.

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Posted by Poppineyes

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Books and paper will always be around because ultimately they're far cheaper than smartphones.


This reminds me of something I think about, every time I use one of those air-machine hand dryers. It's just air, so it must be better than using paper towels.

But what about the energy it took to generate the electricity to run the hand dryer? Could the energy of running the hand drying machine really be less than the energy it takes to make 1.5 feet of paper towel?

What about the time I spend standing around that thing, drying my hands? Couldn't it have been spent on doing something productive?


Sure, phones are cool and all, but I don't see them ending the era of books anytime soon. They're too small (because they have to be portable) and they're not quite up to snuff on being intuitive enough to extinct books.

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