http://www.billmarshall.co.uk/blog/books/is-the-book-trade-facing-the-final-curtain.php thoughts on Scottish life by Edinburgh web designer Bill Marshall Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:32:37 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.billmarshall.co.uk/blog/books/is-the-book-trade-facing-the-final-curtain.php/comment-page-1#comment-1757 Miriam Wakerly Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:39:12 +0000 http://www.billmarshall.co.uk/blog/?p=70#comment-1757 I agree about some loss of individuality - in both style and content. Rather like the state of the modern High Street! I would not wish to deride specific genres but I did explore the vexed question of Genre in my blog, called Miriam's Ramblings on blogspot. As for e-readers I am a booklover and the transition may be painful, but probably inevitable, just as word-processing took over from writing by hand years ago (for most writers); and emails largely replaced letters. However, I am sure there will be a demand for both print and e-books to coexist. I agree about some loss of individuality – in both style and content. Rather like the state of the modern High Street! I would not wish to deride specific genres but I did explore the vexed question of Genre in my blog, called Miriam’s Ramblings on blogspot.
As for e-readers I am a booklover and the transition may be painful, but probably inevitable, just as word-processing took over from writing by hand years ago (for most writers); and emails largely replaced letters. However, I am sure there will be a demand for both print and e-books to coexist.

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