But with every trend, however modest, you have to wonder, why now? Is it possible that book browsing is already strange and unusual enough to be considered material for art? Everyone agrees that the future of publishing is electronic, with words beamed to us instantaneously. But in that case, what will happen to all of the books beside the book—and the places that store them? When they’re gone, where will we randomly stumble on the knowledge we didn’t even know we wanted to know?
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/03/the-art-of-browsing.html
Interesting article
This New Yorker article about browsing is interesting. I would recommend reading it.