With the rise of E-Books, why are novels still printed today?
Doesn't printing/publishing cost a lot of money?
Because people still buy books. What's your point? Are you dumb?
>>8149552
Because it still yields profit. Why would businesses continue to do something which losses them money?
Pretty sure people are buying more books now than in previous years
Some people just don't like e-books
>>8149552
because filling up a bookcase is rewarding
>>8149552
e-readers fabrication coasts a lot too
>>8149552
aesthetics
I hate ebooks.
I hate reading on screens in general. I just download books in PDF and print them out at my office printer.
I'm at work right now, prnting the lliad. 250 pages in so far.
>>8149931
I do this, too. Fortunately I work in an office where a half pack of paper going missing every week isn't noticed.
>>8149953
>Trees everywhere hate you.
Why? I recycle. Plus, I respect the trees for giving us so much. I'm not even a hippie fag, but I think it's pretty woah dude that trees give us oxygen and paper.
>>8149967
>It's really nice of those negroes to give us their work for no pay
>>8149931
Most American thing I've heard of in a while.
It's difficult to believe that people as pleb as you actually exist.
it's still cheap and they both cost the same in marketing and resources.
>>8149953
I just can't do it, they look like they would feel awful, and they're basically pointless. Also did you know that trees are renewable resource? You can literally farm trees like any other plant and it's good for the environment. You can't renew rare earth metals. E-readers and electronics in general become obsolete very quickly, whereas you can still read books printed hundreds of years ago. Paper book technology isn't likely to disappear but everybody's e-reader, ipad, or smartphone is going to end up as expensive rubbish in an gigantic third world landfill. Little kids will salvage what they can. Smelting down electronics isn't a healthy occupation though.
Typewriters are still being mass produced because there is a demand for them in poor countries with spotty electrical grids. And spies. You can't hack into a typewriter.
Supply and demand.
>>8149991
I actually don't care about trees, I was pulling your leg. But e-readers aren't pointless. A lot of classics and public domain works are free or $0.99. No waiting for it to be delivered or visiting the library- unless that is your go to of finding new books, more power to you. I tend to read on-the-go so it suits my reading habits. But maybe give one a try someday, eh?
>>8150018
I don't like scrolling hundreds of pages it feels like I'm just unrolling toilet paper
Nothing beats turning the page of a book
Also spatialization is very good for cognition, memory, organizing text in your mind and making sense of it, knowing actually where on the page the info and the sentence is
Not just lost in the middle of a limbo of toilet paper in a PDF file
>>8150018
I have some ebooks that I can't find physical copies of for <50 dollars but they've been on my computer for years and I still haven't read them. I don't know how extensive digitization is. Of the last three books I've read, only 2/3 have ebook versions. One was a classic by a famous author, one came out only a few years ago, but the last one is out of print. There are cheap copies for sale online but I just picked it up at the library. How does an e-reader help on the go? Isn't a book about the same size and weight? Or are you going on extended trips abroad?
I'm not trying to be belligerent, but something about ebooks makes my soul wince. The advantages don't seem to justify a complete switch-over like some people want. My father, bless his heart, told me, "Don't get used to that library Anon, they're all going to be turned into ebooks." He seemed gleeful about this prospect.
>>8150066
I love books but travel a lot. I don't have an extensive library at home but bigger than many (just over a thousand books) but the thing is, I cannot take them on my travels, though I typically return with several more books.
That's why I use a Kindle. I fill it up with 5-10 books and have access to them throughout my trip, no extra weight or baggage.
>>8149979
Said the man who posts on a Swahili shaman shat subreddit.
>>8149931
Mate, just sign up for a library.
Because there is still a market for it
>>8149552
There was a 3% rise in print sales in the UK last year. Print isn't dead just yet.
>>8149552
>reading on your kindle
Ebook sales have plateau'd, I think. Or I remember reading an article on that, at least.
>>8149991
>You can't hack into a typewriter.
You can really very easily hack into many typewriters.
I take it you're not that familiar with typewriters.
People still buy them and goods and service that people want are produced provided there is a demand and the costs are less than the profit.
Check out 'economics' on Wikipedia for more info
Ebooks are still a niche market, or at least as far as actually purchasing them goes.
Ebooks are also massively over priced. Some ebooks cost more than paperback copies
No ebook should cost more than $2.99 at the very most
>>8151986
You would have to physically access the documents. You wouldn't be able to electronically snoop in on what the CIA was writing, not even if you were the most elite hacker in the world.
Old people buy / rent ton of books
My grandpa would never even consider reading on a screen he always used the library
ebooks are a fad and anyone who thinks otherwise is an Amazon shill.
