Freed From the Page, but a Book Nonetheless

Freed From the Page, but a Book Nonetheless: Why have books have resisted digitization. That’s simpler: Books are portable and easy to read.

The book world has always had an invisible asset that makes up for what it lacks in outsize revenue and profits: the passionate attachment that its authors, editors and most frequent customers have to books themselves. Indeed, in this respect, avid book readers resemble avid Mac users.