tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post3238704615199787170..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: When Design Trumps WorthDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-8489450971249107062012-06-29T07:32:42.512-04:002012-06-29T07:32:42.512-04:00+JMJ+
Home libraries as status symbols? I can to...+JMJ+ <br /><br />Home libraries as status symbols? I can totally see that! And I'm sure there are minor precedents. (A friend of mine mentioned a neighbour who belonged to a mail-order "book club" that sent her a beautifully bound classic each month . . . so she could display it on a shelf but never read it.) But why does <i>this</i> particular story remind me of the "deleted scene" from <i>Fahrenheit 451</i> in which Montag finds out that another fireman owns a huge collection of books, which the latter allows himself to keep because he never reads them? <br /><br />I've seen some shades of this in the book blogging community as well. There are weekly blog events in which people can take pictures of their new books and share them with others. And there is the unfortunately named "shelf p*rn," which shows off entire collections. But I had thought this was just greedy book bloggers going wild . . . not just a frivolous symptom of something much larger.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-33184250090503545342012-06-28T22:17:00.093-04:002012-06-28T22:17:00.093-04:00Bingo, Lauren.
Ebooks are kind of like having a r...Bingo, Lauren.<br /><br />Ebooks are kind of like having a really, really, REALLY well stocked library that's right next door. You don't feel the NEED to buy as many impulse/enjoyment/popcorn books.Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-44289450345835623292012-06-28T10:13:41.936-04:002012-06-28T10:13:41.936-04:00Since I'm in the book conservation field, I...Since I'm in the book conservation field, I've been hearing that I will soon be out of business because books are going to all be digital. I agree that people will be buying fewer books in the future. However, I think book owners will come to value those few books they own more. They will buy fewer physical books, but the books they buy will be higher quality and more expensive. This trend bodes well for my business. If someone cherishes their few special books they will be more willing for spend the money for conservation.Laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-42200268587553374922012-06-28T08:34:22.725-04:002012-06-28T08:34:22.725-04:00Last year we had a really interesting lecture at m...Last year we had a really interesting lecture at my school's rare books library, on first editions of the Brontes: how bindings and display and typeface changed, and how they reflected changes in readings and opinions of the texts. You would have liked it a lot.Clarehttp://babesinbabylon.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-90722925737033104582012-06-27T17:12:17.934-04:002012-06-27T17:12:17.934-04:00I read that whole post in dread of finding out wha...I read that whole post in dread of finding out what the Opinionated library (homeschooling wing) said about its keepers.The Opinionated Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998448933609444830noreply@blogger.com