Comments on: What’s a Real Book? http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fetishizing the container obscures the content, obviously. http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-29564 Fetishizing the container obscures the content, obviously. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:20:22 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-29564 [...] just like music did 10 years ago. David Lee King touched upon this a while back when he asked what’s a real book? I think it’s time for us librarians to get over our paper [...] [...] just like music did 10 years ago. David Lee King touched upon this a while back when he asked what’s a real book? I think it’s time for us librarians to get over our paper [...]

]]> By: Bhenry http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-27723 Bhenry Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-27723 The smell of print is toxic ink. The smell of print is toxic ink.

]]> By: Me http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-24625 Me Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:28:01 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-24625 I agree with a lot of what you're saying but sometimes the container does matter. I do audio books, ebooks, and print, relatively equally. When I'm reading an ebook though, I've noticed just how much I miss the smell of the print. Sometimes it's an old musty book owned by a cigar smoker. Other times it's that brand new book smell. As much as I love my ipad, iphone, kindle and all the other gadgets I own, they don't offer that as a feature. What is "real" can be subjective - is looking at a renoir on your laptop as equally "real" as going to see it in person? Whether more real or not, the experience is certainly different. And that brings me to my last point - experience matters. Whether I'm reading a book in the back of the car while my brother is poking me continuously or I'm in a barn or on my couch at home... the sights, sounds and smells do provoke moods which affect what I get out of a book. I agree with a lot of what you're saying but sometimes the container does matter. I do audio books, ebooks, and print, relatively equally. When I'm reading an ebook though, I've noticed just how much I miss the smell of the print. Sometimes it's an old musty book owned by a cigar smoker. Other times it's that brand new book smell. As much as I love my ipad, iphone, kindle and all the other gadgets I own, they don't offer that as a feature. What is “real” can be subjective – is looking at a renoir on your laptop as equally “real” as going to see it in person? Whether more real or not, the experience is certainly different. And that brings me to my last point – experience matters. Whether I'm reading a book in the back of the car while my brother is poking me continuously or I'm in a barn or on my couch at home… the sights, sounds and smells do provoke moods which affect what I get out of a book.

]]> By: E-readers may be consigned to the history (E) books… | Johnny525's Blog http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-24605 E-readers may be consigned to the history (E) books… | Johnny525's Blog Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:58:06 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-24605 [...] on August 6, 2010 by johnny525 While some of the ‘old guard’, the bibliophiles and paper fetishists, are still arguing over whether an e-reader provides an adequate reading experience when compared [...] [...] on August 6, 2010 by johnny525 While some of the ‘old guard’, the bibliophiles and paper fetishists, are still arguing over whether an e-reader provides an adequate reading experience when compared [...]

]]> By: sewa mobil http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-27293 sewa mobil Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:28:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-27293 To balance the discussion, I'd like to point out that this post is better on paper than on a screen. And the book is way better than the movie. To balance the discussion, I’d like to point out that this post is better on paper than on a screen. And the book is way better than the movie.

]]> By: sewa mobil http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-24336 sewa mobil Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:29:13 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-24336 What else can be said except, "Thanks," for re-iterating this. One of these days people will catch on. Most likely they will just pass on<br><a href="http://www.crownrentcar.net" rel="nofollow">www.crownrentcar.net</a> What else can be said except, “Thanks,” for re-iterating this. One of these days people will catch on. Most likely they will just pass on
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]]> By: Batarang http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-24075 Batarang Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:42:39 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-24075 What else can be said except, "Thanks," for re-iterating this. One of these days people will catch on. Most likely they will just pass on. What else can be said except, “Thanks,” for re-iterating this. One of these days people will catch on. Most likely they will just pass on.

]]> By: Ryan Deschamps http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-24070 Ryan Deschamps Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:46:22 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-24070 The medium IS the message. The 10 commandments on stone tablets is different different different from the 10 commandments on a blog post.<br><br>It's totally fair to consider a paper book a 'real' book in the same way it is totally fair for something to think a 'real' window is that thing that lets you see outside your house (not the thing you are possibly using to view this post). e-Book is a metaphor. I'm almost certain the name is going to have to change once it starts to be adopted full-hog. The medium IS the message. The 10 commandments on stone tablets is different different different from the 10 commandments on a blog post.

It's totally fair to consider a paper book a 'real' book in the same way it is totally fair for something to think a 'real' window is that thing that lets you see outside your house (not the thing you are possibly using to view this post). e-Book is a metaphor. I'm almost certain the name is going to have to change once it starts to be adopted full-hog.

]]> By: The Radical Patron – The LoC & Twitter: the horror, the horror – http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-24068 The Radical Patron – The LoC & Twitter: the horror, the horror – Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:13:40 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-24068 [...] Powerpoint slides, conference tweets and wordles … and deep thoughts on librarianship (What’s a Real Book?, Open Conversation: Being Human and All (Advocacy) in the Family). I found no mention of this [...] [...] Powerpoint slides, conference tweets and wordles … and deep thoughts on librarianship (What’s a Real Book?, Open Conversation: Being Human and All (Advocacy) in the Family). I found no mention of this [...]

]]> By: INTPLibrarian http://www.davidleeking.com/2010/04/20/whats-a-real-book/comment-page-1/#comment-24065 INTPLibrarian Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:44:20 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1994#comment-24065 Yes, a real "book" is on paper. That's just a definition. A "novel", for example, though, could be on paper, online, or carved into the side of a tree. Semantics, maybe, but, hey, I was a Linguistics major undergrad. :-)<br><br>OTOH, I *am* wary of ebooks. Information needs to be preserved by someone and librarians seem to be the only group that cares about that. I can't retrieve papers I wrote in high school because they were saved on a 5.25" floppy and written on an Apple II+. I'm pretty sure books written hundreds of years ago are still available, though. Yes, a real “book” is on paper. That's just a definition. A “novel”, for example, though, could be on paper, online, or carved into the side of a tree. Semantics, maybe, but, hey, I was a Linguistics major undergrad. :-)

OTOH, I *am* wary of ebooks. Information needs to be preserved by someone and librarians seem to be the only group that cares about that. I can't retrieve papers I wrote in high school because they were saved on a 5.25″ floppy and written on an Apple II+. I'm pretty sure books written hundreds of years ago are still available, though.

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