I was disturbed to read this morning of the announcement that Barnes and Noble will be closing up to a third of its stores over the next decade (approximately 20 a year). Although I was a big fan of Borders, with the demise of that book store I diverted my hopeful glance to Barnes and Noble.
I suppose with the surge in popularity of Kindle, iPads and other platforms for digital reading, we shouldn't be surprised. But no matter how you phrase it, the experience just isn't the same. As Joyce Carol Oates so eloquently put it, "Ebooks are to actual books as pictures of cats are to actual cats curled and purring in your lap as you read."
I suppose with the surge in popularity of Kindle, iPads and other platforms for digital reading, we shouldn't be surprised. But no matter how you phrase it, the experience just isn't the same. As Joyce Carol Oates so eloquently put it, "Ebooks are to actual books as pictures of cats are to actual cats curled and purring in your lap as you read."
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