In the first reading Libraries ‘have had their day’, says Horrible Histories author Terry Deary speaks on how Libraries are no longer relevant and not the main source for people to get their books. People have improved their ways of getting their readings, it’s very rare to hear one of your friends say “let’s go to the library and read this book.” Chances are that your friends will mostly get that book from the internet and not at the library. Terry Deary makes a great point when he says that the authors should benefit from people renting out their books. I feel us as students when we use or used the library we never really thought of it like that. Authors should have more of a profit to look forward to. Deary states “
In the second reading “The End of Books” talks on the new existence of hypertext, which is what lets us access our ebooks on our laptops, kindles, iPads. Every time a new generation is born they are slowly being introduced to new electronic way of books. I will find it very hard that they’ll start with physical books like my generation did. Technology is eventually going to take over the world, and is slowly replacing books with ebooks. Hypertext just has much more to offer than a physical book.
Print media is losing ground to electronic media in both content and delivery systems because hypertext just has much more to offer than a physical book. Although, a physical book lover may not agree with me but I feel as if they have lost a lot of value now that technology has upgraded.Technology is just the new thing that is in now and people may not feel the same with books like before, they may feel as if they have upgraded with the new technology we now have today.
