Comments on: Bookmarked! The Quick Fall Of The (Blog) Book http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book Hacking Publishing Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CrazyDreamer http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book/comment-page-1#comment-2055 CrazyDreamer Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:04:53 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book#comment-2055 @Alexandra Erin (comment 2): Ha-ha! So very true. @Alexandra Erin (comment 2): Ha-ha! So very true.

]]> By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book/comment-page-1#comment-1461 Eli James Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:35:47 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book#comment-1461 There are people who bemoan Harry Potter!? OMG! Nurse! The smelling salts! ;-) There are people who bemoan Harry Potter!?

OMG! Nurse! The smelling salts!

;-)

]]> By: Alexandra Erin http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book/comment-page-1#comment-1456 Alexandra Erin Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:00:19 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book#comment-1456 I have a sinking suspicion that the people most likely to decry the "death of litera(cy/ture)" are also the people most likely to bemoan Dan Brown novels, Harry Potter, "chick lit", bodice rippers, the seemingly disproportionate success of Chris Paolini, online literature, comic books, "the cult of the amateur", texting/IMing, people reading a book while watching American Idol with one eye, and so on... Really, the problem isn't that people aren't reading but they aren't reading the way that they're "supposed to." I have a sinking suspicion that the people most likely to decry the “death of litera(cy/ture)” are also the people most likely to bemoan Dan Brown novels, Harry Potter, “chick lit”, bodice rippers, the seemingly disproportionate success of Chris Paolini, online literature, comic books, “the cult of the amateur”, texting/IMing, people reading a book while watching American Idol with one eye, and so on…

Really, the problem isn’t that people aren’t reading but they aren’t reading the way that they’re “supposed to.”

]]> By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book/comment-page-1#comment-1437 Eli James Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:59:28 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book#comment-1437 Hello Sharon! I haven't yet picked it up, but I've heard about it and followed it up on both Bibliobibuli and Blooking Central. Don't know what to make of it yet, since I haven't read it. I am. Merry Christmas to you too! Hello Sharon!

I haven’t yet picked it up, but I’ve heard about it and followed it up on both Bibliobibuli and Blooking Central. Don’t know what to make of it yet, since I haven’t read it.

I am. Merry Christmas to you too!

]]> By: bibliobibuli http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book/comment-page-1#comment-1434 bibliobibuli Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:09:24 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book#comment-1434 hi eli! have you picked up a copy of awang goneng's growing up in trengganu" based on his blog <a href="http://www.kecekkecek.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">"kecek-kecek"</a> yet? it's a gem. a great book and testimony to how blooking can really work. i will blog it soon but am slipping it slowly for now. hope you are having a great christmas hi eli! have you picked up a copy of awang goneng’s
growing up in trengganu” based on his blog “kecek-kecek” yet? it’s a gem. a great book and testimony to how blooking can really work.

i will blog it soon but am slipping it slowly for now.

hope you are having a great christmas

]]> By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book/comment-page-1#comment-1427 Eli James Wed, 26 Dec 2007 04:41:30 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book#comment-1427 I think I represented Caleb Crain's article the wrong way. He was arguing that the book will die out, though reading and writing won't. There's an interesting part in his article where he compares the differences between a movie centered culture and a book centered one: <blockquote>If one person decides to watch “The Sopranos” rather than to read Leonardo Sciascia’s novella “To Each His Own,” the culture goes on largely as before—both viewer and reader are entertaining themselves while learning something about the Mafia in the bargain. But if, over time, many people choose television over books, then a nation’s conversation with itself is likely to change.</blockquote> It doesn't really worry me, to tell you the truth: as long as I keep reading and enjoying books, this doesn't matter. But I <em>will</em> pass on the ability to do so to my children. @Alexandra: I'd like to read that article. Do you have the link? @Ergoemos: Oh yes, definitely. Reading and 'writing' will always be there in the world of programming. I think I represented Caleb Crain’s article the wrong way. He was arguing that the book will die out, though reading and writing won’t.

There’s an interesting part in his article where he compares the differences between a movie centered culture and a book centered one:

If one person decides to watch “The Sopranos” rather than to read Leonardo Sciascia’s novella “To Each His Own,” the culture goes on largely as before—both viewer and reader are entertaining themselves while learning something about the Mafia in the bargain. But if, over time, many people choose television over books, then a nation’s conversation with itself is likely to change.

It doesn’t really worry me, to tell you the truth: as long as I keep reading and enjoying books, this doesn’t matter. But I will pass on the ability to do so to my children.

@Alexandra: I’d like to read that article. Do you have the link?

@Ergoemos: Oh yes, definitely. Reading and ‘writing’ will always be there in the world of programming.

]]> By: Ergoemos http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book/comment-page-1#comment-1426 Ergoemos Wed, 26 Dec 2007 04:32:07 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book#comment-1426 I agree with both you and Alexandra. This same speculation would lead one to believe modern technology, all requiring text of some kind to function, even in binary, will only be available to those that hobby in reading. Basic reading is required in programming, one cannot paste images into code and hope to get the right result. I am not one hundred percent sure, but I think that society is heading towards more technology, not less. I agree with both you and Alexandra. This same speculation would lead one to believe modern technology, all requiring text of some kind to function, even in binary, will only be available to those that hobby in reading. Basic reading is required in programming, one cannot paste images into code and hope to get the right result. I am not one hundred percent sure, but I think that society is heading towards more technology, not less.

]]> By: Alexandra Erin http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book/comment-page-1#comment-1419 Alexandra Erin Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:06:44 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/26/bookmarked-the-quick-fall-of-the-blog-book#comment-1419 I'm not overly worried... texting, IMing, and of course blogging are all proof positive that the written word is alive and well. I don't have a link handy (I'm typing this on my phone), but there've been some serious articles written on the subject of IMing and its effect on kids in the area of reading. I’m not overly worried… texting, IMing, and of course blogging are all proof positive that the written word is alive and well. I don’t have a link handy (I’m typing this on my phone), but there’ve been some serious articles written on the subject of IMing and its effect on kids in the area of reading.

]]>