Carlene Havel's Blog: Carlene - Posts Tagged "ebooks"

In the classic movie Ghostbusters, everyone laughs when Egon (played by Harold Ramis) declares “Print is dead”. Good old Egon, intellectual but impractical. What was a humorous comment in 1984 now comes closer to reality every year. Despite some initial resistance, I have become quite comfortable with my Kindle. Fellow readers, I do not miss lugging a bag of books to every vacation destination. Yes, there are people who extol the virtues of turning the pages of a “real” book, but their numbers are shrinking. Consider the price differential between a hardback and the same work in electronic format. Once the initial investment in a reader is amortized, the financial benefit is obvious. Egon has gone from amusing nerd to prophetic marketeer. Who knew?