By Story Star Publishing correspondent Rebekah Esme Hughes
It’s wonderful to see not everyone is taken by the technical revolution.
David Bowden recently uploaded a spoken poem to YouTube whereby he passionately speaks of his personal attachments to print based media. How we need print, we can take it with us and consume it in a matter of different ways.
On airplanes, in fact, being one of his most passionate places to read. Ironic perhaps that the video was produced by a company called Ink who produce inflight magazines for airlines.
Let us know what you make of it!
Interesting, but full of nonsense. I turn on my Kindle and what do I see? Print. I see the unbroken heritage of Gutenberg improved. No, print is not dead. It's alive and well on my computer screen. It's even more universally available. Remember, the Gutenberg Bible was printed in Latin intentionally to keep it out of the hands of the common people, even those few who could read. Today it is "printed" in every language. So, what was the object of this author's lament.
ReplyDeleteHe also proclaims that "print" (let's assume "printed on paper") is more universally used because most people in the world don't have access to an electronic reader of any type. True. So printed on paper isn't dead but it is dying. As eReaders become more universally available, they make "printed" matter more available - it's cheaper using electrons than paper and ink. So, again, what's the problem?
Yes, there will always be those who resist change for some romantic notion that more primitive options are more appealing. And, in time, those who cling to such notions become extinct.
Hello Jack. Thank you for your view. It is very true that although e - books and digital publishing industry proclaim the benefits of reading technology rather than a paperback, they have no choice but to showcase the glories of the 'print' industry! But perhaps what the author refers to is the 'decline' of printed material in its traditional form.
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