Comments on: Column: The Future of Reading

By: Read Write Web Explores the Bits of Destruction Occuring In the Book Industry - Reading Local: Portland

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:51:05 +0000

[...] reminiscent of the two posts I did on the future of reading and the future for indie bookstores (I still owe you the last two parts exploring the future for [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:49:35 +0000

I think the future of reading, the survival of the print industry and bookstores as we know today depends on your generation and your son’s generation. I cannot imagine not reading a book in printed format or not browsing in a bookstore. But a generation is growing up that is doing neither. Bookstores may become ‘extinct’ like places back east that once were factories and now are ‘museums’ or ‘shopping centers’. I’m not against change…and I want to be optimistic…but I’m not sure…

By: Reading Local Essay: Indie Bookstores of the Future - Reading Local: Portland

Reading Local Essay: Indie Bookstores of the Future - Reading Local: Portland — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:09:45 +0000

[...] // This is the second essay on the future of the book industry, which began with a look at the future for readers, and will continue with a look at publishers and authors. Again, I invite your discussions and [...]