"It is now possible through the magic of Internet browsing and buying to obtain virtually any book ever printed and have it delivered to your doorstep no matter where you live."
~"Goodbye to All That" by Steve Wasserman, page 19.
As Wasserman stated in his article, book reviews have become scarce. However, in this day and age books are much more readily available than they ever have been before all thanks to that wonderful little invention known as the Internet. When books are available like this, people will have a greater tendency of buying them and, therefore, reading them as well. Also, let's face it, our society is lazy. I know. I'm part of said society. There may be exceptions, but, as a whole, who are we kidding? We've got services such as Netflix, On Demand, and Internet shopping that make it so that we never have to leave our homes to get anything. Since people don't even have to physically go to a bookstore to get a book, they will be more inclined to actually consider getting it.
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The internet does allow us to have items virtually at our fingertips. The easy access that our society has become accustomed to might prove useful. Instead of spending hours in a bookstore, a person can just read the plot summary on amazon.com. In the course of a few seconds, they either think, "hmm, that's interesting. I think I'll buy that." or "ehh, that doesn't sound like it's my thing." In a bookstore, you would have to sit down and read maybe a chapter or two, after searching the shelves for it.
Posted by Daniella Choynowski | November 15, 2007 10:36 AM
Posted on November 15, 2007 10:36