tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post5737185839342250240..comments2024-02-22T19:21:40.330-05:00Comments on Muhlberger's World History: Read thisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-63941021906016041422011-05-21T16:18:26.942-04:002011-05-21T16:18:26.942-04:00I was gifted with a Kindle on my birthday and was ...I was gifted with a Kindle on my birthday and was delighted to be able to get complete anthologies, it is indeed weighty to bring books to a remote location and due to the Kindle I will be leaving all but one book here. <br /> There is something more pleasing to the eye of older impressed text on a page than even the laser copies currently produced. I guess the difference of live music to recorded. Paying between $1.55 and $3.99 a pound to ship things makes the Kindle my friend but I will have my Library again when I once again have a home.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748555608272334864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-30798909993633383562011-05-21T16:17:15.892-04:002011-05-21T16:17:15.892-04:00I too fear the end of the Codex book as the set-up...I too fear the end of the Codex book as the set-up of a library. I enjoy browsing a bookcase whether it be in a library, my house, a bookstore or a friend's home. At the same time as a youth (1977) I remember Robart's library at U of T only be accessible to me by card catalogue (as a High School student I had limited access to U of T libraries) so the end of browsing the stacks is not a new thing. I also remember being unable to access books that were too far away. Now the internet allows me to read them in a Starbucks. <br />Regarding parents who will not get an iPad they won't get a bunch of books and a bookcase in which to display them for their child either. My eldest once ranted to me in the 80s about her friends who did not have a single bookcase in their home. "How can they live?", she cried to me. Us readers forget than many people do not read or buy books. On the other hand I bet those parents now have a computer and high speed internet. The child who lacked books at home or parents with a library card can now surf the net and explore the world. Unfortunately they will play Farmville instead.andrewjameslowryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02210493889495906629noreply@blogger.com