Then younger generations will never know the absolute pleasure of spending an hour or two browsing through a bookstore or library and curling up on a comfy sofa or chair with a good printed book. I feel so very sorry for them.
Books are like gasses, they expand to fill the available space.
The younger generation can take off on a motorcycle with every book they own along to choose from.
Every book they collect, they can increase the font size and read without special glasses when they get to be in their 50s.
From my point of view, they get the better end of the deal.
I'm about as techie as they get, and I agree wholeheartedly. Bookstores and libraries evoke that kid-on-Christmas-morning feeling in me.
I agree....the tactile pleasure of holding a 'real' book in your hands will be eventually lost and replaced by a glowing screen on a device where lending or reselling your books is either impossible or highly problematic. Moving entirely to a proprietary e-book format allows copyright holders to rigidly regulate their properties and maximize their profits. Instead of being able to simply hand a friend your copy of a book as a loan, you'll now have to either hand the friend your electronic reading device, which also contains your entire book collection, or tell your friend to go buy his own electronic copy. And when you're through with a book, your options for selling it will be either impossible or strictly regulated.