Comments on: Comment Of The Week http://www.teddypig.com/2009/09/comment-of-the-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comment-of-the-week It's About eBooks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: vein http://www.teddypig.com/2009/09/comment-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 vein Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:54:06 +0000 http://www.teddypig.com/?p=2409#comment-2677 Well, there are a lot of creepily beautiful paintings of Victorian women dying of consumption... but I think the world can do without them.... Well, there are a lot of creepily beautiful paintings of Victorian women dying of consumption… but I think the world can do without them….

]]> By: Tuscan Capo http://www.teddypig.com/2009/09/comment-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2675 Tuscan Capo Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:46:24 +0000 http://www.teddypig.com/?p=2409#comment-2675 hmm.. if the soul of books went out with the invention of the printing press I guess the art of dying beautifully went out with modern medicine and sanitary hospitals? hmm.. if the soul of books went out with the invention of the printing press I guess the art of dying beautifully went out with modern medicine and sanitary hospitals?

]]> By: Julia Barrett http://www.teddypig.com/2009/09/comment-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2671 Julia Barrett Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:07:11 +0000 http://www.teddypig.com/?p=2409#comment-2671 Well...perhaps he'd like to return to the days when only priests and royalty were literate and could afford those hand printed copies. The invention of the printing press was the great equalizer. Perhaps nothing has been more influential in shaping society. The Church protested because if the common people could read their own copies of the Bible, they might have, God forbid...questions! I love books I can hold in my hand. I love books, period. But I suspect ebooks are the way of the future. And if ebooks encourage reading then I'm all for 'em. Well…perhaps he’d like to return to the days when only priests and royalty were literate and could afford those hand printed copies. The invention of the printing press was the great equalizer. Perhaps nothing has been more influential in shaping society. The Church protested because if the common people could read their own copies of the Bible, they might have, God forbid…questions! I love books I can hold in my hand. I love books, period. But I suspect ebooks are the way of the future. And if ebooks encourage reading then I’m all for ‘em.

]]> By: TeddyPig http://www.teddypig.com/2009/09/comment-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2669 TeddyPig Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:25:04 +0000 http://www.teddypig.com/?p=2409#comment-2669 How about simply a collectible postcard or poster with the front cover of the new book to sign? I mean artists do that all the time. It's not like everyone can afford to buy an original. How about simply a collectible postcard or poster with the front cover of the new book to sign?

I mean artists do that all the time. It’s not like everyone can afford to buy an original.

]]> By: V. Greene http://www.teddypig.com/2009/09/comment-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 V. Greene Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:40:33 +0000 http://www.teddypig.com/?p=2409#comment-2666 Excellent! However, there's a good question somewhere in all that faint creepiness. What's the e-equivalent of a book signing, and can one politely autograph someone's Kindle? If so, what sort of ink endures best? Where's Miss Manners when you need her? Excellent!

However, there’s a good question somewhere in all that faint creepiness. What’s the e-equivalent of a book signing, and can one politely autograph someone’s Kindle? If so, what sort of ink endures best?

Where’s Miss Manners when you need her?

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