tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166360698135286050.post9165089250017944332..comments2024-01-18T11:01:41.334-08:00Comments on WEIMAR WORLD SERVICE: Mr. Magazine Busts the Numbers of the Latest Magazines-Are-Dying Reportjzippererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774755651549270732noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166360698135286050.post-9011832943301991592011-02-21T14:34:30.401-08:002011-02-21T14:34:30.401-08:00It's a phase, like throwing away LPs was a pha...It's a phase, like throwing away LPs was a phase. When we return to print in another generation it will be for the aesthetic experience of reading paper. Digital being OK for things like ordinary daily news, textbooks, or business documents, but paper being for enjoyment.<br /><br />I think Orwell got this right, in the pleasure and distance from his workaday self that Winston Smith feels in using a well-made bound paper diary at home instead of the familiar "speakwrite" at the office.<br /><br />In the meantime, I have a (thus far unshared) theory that it's a good time to be collecting ephemera and first editions.Martha Bridegamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10094872710415302515noreply@blogger.com