http://www.teleread.com/library/beautiful-libraries/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:24:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.teleread.com/library/beautiful-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-1140129 Carol A Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:43:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/08/31/beautiful-libraries/#comment-1140129 Ebooks or not, I get all weak at the knees when I see a really beautiful library. Having a look at the rest of the website (and there are 3 lots of photos) I would have to pick Melk and Trinity College Dublin as my favourites. Don't ask me why and they are probably wildly impractical, but definitely appealing. I love getting "lost" in my university's library, even if not having the eye appeal of any of these wonderful places. Ebooks or not, I get all weak at the knees when I see a really beautiful library. Having a look at the rest of the website (and there are 3 lots of photos) I would have to pick Melk and Trinity College Dublin as my favourites. Don’t ask me why and they are probably wildly impractical, but definitely appealing.
I love getting “lost” in my university’s library, even if not having the eye appeal of any of these wonderful places.

]]> http://www.teleread.com/library/beautiful-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-1139863 Chris Meadows Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:05:32 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/08/31/beautiful-libraries/#comment-1139863 Possibly. But for an alternate take on what will happen to libraries, or at least to one particular library, when e-books "replace" p-books, check out Vernor Vinge's <i>Rainbows End</i>, which I <a href="http://www.teleread.com/2009/08/30/review-rainbows-end/" rel="nofollow">reviewed right here</a>. You can even read the book on-line for free. :) Possibly. But for an alternate take on what will happen to libraries, or at least to one particular library, when e-books “replace” p-books, check out Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End, which I reviewed right here. You can even read the book on-line for free.

]]> http://www.teleread.com/library/beautiful-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-1139622 Rich Adin Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:46:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/08/31/beautiful-libraries/#comment-1139622 Enjoy them now. When ebooks completely replace pbooks, as some people (not me) wish, there will be no need for libraries -- beautiful or not. Enjoy them now. When ebooks completely replace pbooks, as some people (not me) wish, there will be no need for libraries — beautiful or not.

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