Books Can't Compete

Chronicle of Higher Education by Mark Bauerlein | Jan. 23, 2009 (Opinion)

Here’s a depressing and blunt comment from Larry McMurtry, speaking not only as a novelist but as a bookstore owner (it’s an interview):
The end of the culture of the book. I’m pessimistic. Mainly it’s the flow of people into my bookshop in Archer City. They’re almost always people over 40.
I don’t see kids, and I don’t see kids reading. I think little kids love to have stories read to them, but when they get to 10 or 11 or 12, they ... Full Story »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Jan. 23, 2009

Interesting commentary about the cultural shift from books to digital media, and how it impacts the ability of young generation to learn in a "tsunami of technology." An important debate, which is barely outlined in its simplest form here, and deserves more investigation.

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