3.31.2010

The down side of ebookery

“There’s something about having a beautiful book that looks intellectually weighty and yummy,” said Ms. Wiles, who recalled that when she was rereading “Anna Karenina” recently, she liked that people could see the cover on the subway. “You feel kind of proud to be reading it.” With a Kindle or Nook, she said, “people would never know.”

link: In E-Book Era, You Can’t Even Judge a Cover - NYTimes.com

And hundreds of dust jacket creative directors thrown out of work.


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