FINDING A BOOK

Do you remember that feeling of going into a shop and looking for a new book?
Do you remember the excitement of leafing through bookshelf after bookshelf waiting for the right book to show itself ?
Or those moments where you go into an old book store and you can appreciate that feeling, that smell of all those books just waiting for you to buy/borrow them?
Do your children remember that feeling ? Do they even know that feeling ?

Most of you will remember Borders.
One of few places left that you can go into find a comfy seat, or sit in their cafe and read a variety of the books they sell.
Most modern day children probably don't remember Borders, most kids nowadays walk past its similar store, Waterstones and have probably never set foot inside its doors.
Have probably never browsed it's shelf's of adventures and information.


Yet they have probably sat at home, maybe cuddled up with an  Ipad or a kindle and browsed hundreds of books with a swipe of their finger for something that catches their eye. Then with a simple click they have it in front of them.

Its easy to see the appeal of staying at home still wrapped in a blanket or sitting in a nice warm house browsing hundreds of books with a simple swipe, but is it really what modern kids need nowadays ?
More technology ?

Photographs = All online
Essays = All online
Gaming = All online
Communication = All online
Books = ?

Whats your thoughts ?

TECHNOLOGY

Now this is where it gets interesting, technology helps us communicate all over the world, sure, sometimes it helps with reading when on the move, it helps talking while on the move but at the same time isn't it all just a little impersonal ?
You text your best friend all the time; most of the day even, yet when was the last time you had a conversation on the phone, when was the last time you met up to have a coffee ?
Do you even discuss the same kind of things over text that you discuss in person ?

This is an example of something that has been shared world wide on a site called booksie.
Booksie is a great example of how technology over-rides the written word, in the sense that anyone, just like you and me can upload your own stories, poems, etc and they are published online. People who have access to internet can read them online or download the e-book version.

This is yet another example of a short story which has been uploaded world-wide.
The fascinating thing about this is that people from all over the world can like it, share it, re-post it and before you know what has happened you are talking to hundreds of people.
This would never happen if it was simply written on a piece of paper, friends, family and those in the passing may see your work and if by chance it was published on paper then would it have the same effect?

Amazon are selling at least 242 e-books to every 100 paper books sold.
Are the odds in your favor ?
What do you think ?
You want to share written or tech ?

THE WRITTEN WORD

How can it even begin to compare to the advances of technology.
People say that in less than 20 years the book could end up a forgotten thing. Writers will no longer be those of accomplishments they will be up against people of all ages who string a few words together, post on a couple sites and all of a sudden are world wide.

The written word at it's best.
My written word, even though it is written I believe that the way it is written, the handwriting, the childlike way the letters go together, is what makes the written word more powerful than simply loading up a new document and selecting a font.
Whats your thoughts ?