Ajit Balakrishnan, the CEO of Rediff writes about the coming end of the era of books? Notice the questionmarks cos of course all predictions are difficult especially about the future.
I had earlier poured scorn on Sir Naipaul for expressing similar sentiments. But recently things are looking in a similar way to me and Mr. Balakrishnan draws remarkable parallels between this process and the introduction of printing in the first place. The culprit for the end of books seem most likely to be the electronic formats typified by the internet and ebooks.
I had earlier poured scorn on Sir Naipaul for expressing similar sentiments. But recently things are looking in a similar way to me and Mr. Balakrishnan draws remarkable parallels between this process and the introduction of printing in the first place. The culprit for the end of books seem most likely to be the electronic formats typified by the internet and ebooks.
