To people who bemoan the loss of bookshops as a loss to society, I say this: there’s already a place where you can go to find books you simply have to read in physical form. It’s a place where you can browse to your heart’s content, meet friends, take your kids, and do everything you did at your bookshop. It’s called the library. When did you last visit yours?
No more bookshops? Good riddance. there is a shockingly small percentage of students at cornell who take even one book out of the amazing and awesome libraries… in a 400/600 level CS class two semesters ago, only 5/60 students had taken a book out of the library. then again, we all make good use of the online resources (particularly journal articles). food for thought about how everything is changing.
Source: blogs.telegraph.co.uk
