http://booksquare.com/on-hey-technology-can-be-our-friend/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Mon, 21 May 2012 06:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://booksquare.com/on-hey-technology-can-be-our-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-167323 Valya Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:23:32 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-hey-technology-can-be-our-friend/#comment-167323 Interesting. I wonder what you make of www.abnabooks.com which came out of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Interesting. I wonder what you make of http://www.abnabooks.com which came out of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.

]]> http://booksquare.com/on-hey-technology-can-be-our-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-167312 benny thomas Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:42:29 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-hey-technology-can-be-our-friend/#comment-167312 Technology cannot be wished away. Since it is here to stay we may use it around to serve our needs. That feel of a book on a rainy day in our hands we may not duplicate perhaps. But suppose we get bored reading in the online book and we are able to fix it with adjusting the typeface or pulling in some illustrations from data bank that publishers can provide alongside we may fight boredom of the moment. If reading is to enthuse our spirits online reading can't be all that bad. Only we need to decide how technology is to serve us. benny Technology cannot be wished away. Since it is here to stay we may use it around to serve our needs. That feel of a book on a rainy day in our hands we may not duplicate perhaps. But suppose we get bored reading in the online book and we are able to fix it with adjusting the typeface or pulling in some illustrations from data bank that publishers can provide alongside we may fight boredom of the moment. If reading is to enthuse our spirits online reading can’t be all that bad. Only we need to decide how technology is to serve us.
benny

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