tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649808910197000622.post60084907560052113..comments2023-05-26T16:00:29.696+01:00Comments on Pseudo-Dionysius : Marks of Use Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649808910197000622.post-31282154267768555032012-11-27T13:16:22.845+00:002012-11-27T13:16:22.845+00:00That's fair enough, assuming one can really ma...That's fair enough, assuming one can really make that sort of distinction. I imagine, for example, that Agatha Christie would have fallen into that category. But I would definitely want to have every single one of her novels in book form. The Hierophanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982634955151747112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649808910197000622.post-76672119428306226222012-11-26T16:27:56.578+00:002012-11-26T16:27:56.578+00:00Isn't the issue with ebooks more about content...Isn't the issue with ebooks more about content? Ie. you buy potboiler novels on ebooks because once you read them you would ordinarily not be bothered about keeping them. In this sense ebooks are the Penguins of today. I think Orwell, in "Books v Cigarettes", discusses the issue of throwaway Penguins at length. No doubt he can say infinitely more about it than I can.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728159142534631869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649808910197000622.post-5500162016332931432012-11-26T11:54:49.884+00:002012-11-26T11:54:49.884+00:00What ho, Maddie! Startlingly good of you to commen...What ho, Maddie! Startlingly good of you to comment. Yes, you must have read my mind: I was going to add a note about how this could be one novel argument against the e-reader. They simply don't allow you to interact, physically, with the book in the same way. One cannot freely annotate, nor write in the margins. But I don't decry technological advances, and I suspect the rise of the e-reader will be proven to be a good thing. But I'm going to stick to books, out of sheer bloody-mindedness and principle. The Hierophanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982634955151747112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649808910197000622.post-9473998986193596792012-11-26T10:09:23.776+00:002012-11-26T10:09:23.776+00:00I guess from this that you lament the idea of the ...I guess from this that you lament the idea of the Kindle and other e-Readers? Or do you think they have their place too (in encouraging more people to read etc.)?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10572111683083981111noreply@blogger.com