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Will books survive? A scorecard...

December 1, 2009 - 2:54pm — Blake

Will books survive? A scorecard...
"New media generally don’t replace old media, as Marshall McLuhan pointed out. After TV we still have radio. After telephones we had telegrams for a good long while. So what about books? After we have networked digital books, we’ll still have and produce physical books. But will physical books be as ubiquitous and culturally important as radio? Or will they be as cherished but infrequently attended as live theater? "

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December 2, 2009 - 6:27am — Anonymous

infrequently attended as live theatre?

Maybe in your town but as with many mediums that have been superceded live theatre is more popular now than it ever has been!

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December 2, 2009 - 11:49am — Anonymous

Someone must STILL be buying them

"After TV we still have radio. After telephones we had telegrams for a good long while."
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Indeed. As one waxes, the other wanes. The automobile "replaced" the horse and buggy years ago but it was a gradual process. BTW: One can still purchase buggy whips http://www.worldchampionhorseequipment.com/horsewhips.aspx.

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