Sentences with phrase «books as physical objects»

Books as physical objects matter to me, because they evoke the past.

For an industry that has suddenly gone from dominant (sole) market player to segment - oriented player that probably makes sense, because book publishers sell books as physical objects.

With powerful quotes like this in our pop culture references, honestly, I can't blame my fellow book aficiandos for being so passionate about books as physical objects.

In an age of ebook controversy, it's nice to have a reminder that the book as a physical object is a thing to be treasured.

The idea of a page is necessarily rooted in reference to the book as physical object.

Not exact matches

I suggest that the note regarding physical and scientific objects in the second edition of the Enquiry be taken as a break on Whitehead's part with the position spelled out in the body of the book insofar as that position, because of its phenomenalistic orientation, rules out the possibility of the above - mentioned type of explanation.

The books» desirability as physical objects is also reflected in lower - than - usual digital sales, Davies says.

She said now «there are fewer readers» entering in the digital category and said the slowing growth in e-book sales have pushed publishers back to «highlighting books as beautiful physical objects.»

As much as I don't want my bookshelves to become part of this trail of obsolescence, I can already see early warning signs of my own desire for convenience — for instantly getting what I want, for not having to deal with mere objects in all their cumbersome actuality — beginning to outrank my love of the book as a physical thinAs much as I don't want my bookshelves to become part of this trail of obsolescence, I can already see early warning signs of my own desire for convenience — for instantly getting what I want, for not having to deal with mere objects in all their cumbersome actuality — beginning to outrank my love of the book as a physical thinas I don't want my bookshelves to become part of this trail of obsolescence, I can already see early warning signs of my own desire for convenience — for instantly getting what I want, for not having to deal with mere objects in all their cumbersome actuality — beginning to outrank my love of the book as a physical thinas a physical thing.

And I tend to believe (in general) that readers pay more careful attention when they read a book than read from a device... I also think books matter as physical objects.

Juergen Boos, the director of the five - day annual fair, has also suggested that a general attachment in Europe to the physical presence of the printed book and its value as a cultural object is holding the ebook back.

In fact, the importance of the printed book, as physical object, as cherished possession, as work of art, has increased in the eyes of the public.

Print books behave like a product in the sense that you purchase a physical object that is yours to use or dispose of largely as you see fit, much as an automobile or a frying pan or an action figure may be used or disposed of largely as you see fit.

But if it is popular and exceeds the licensed number of uses, the library has to pay for the same book again, as if it were a physical object.

If anything, many of the books previously sold in physical form and now sold in digital form had little or no value as objects — and probably little or no value after a year on the shelves.

While they may not reach a huge audience, chapbooks can be appreciated as a physical object in a way that many contemporary books can not.

Although authors and readers agreed that they loved the narrative, a structured argument — a story — they still saw the book as a container, a physical or digital object, a defined way to obtain and consume content.

An online archive of book pages bearing marks, notations and other marginalia, the Pages Project explores the act of reading, each readers unique relationship to the material, and the nature of the book as a transitory physical object in a digital age.

For example, I'd happily pay a couple of quid above RRP for a print edition, if it included a voucher entitling me to the eBook as well — so when I'm travelling, I can take the books with me, but not be weighed down, or have them on my computer in searchable form, as well as the physical object.

Toward that end, it comes with a free, one - month subscription to Amazon Prime, which includes streaming access to movies and TV shows, the ability to borrow a book once a month, and for those who still relish actual physical objects, free shipping as well.

The six artists in Bibliothecaphilia, on view beginning January 24, 2015, explore the medium and ethos of libraries: institutions straddling the public and private spheres, the escapism that libraries offer, libraries» status as storehouses for physical books — and thus for experiences and knowledge — and the way that these objects circulate and are re-used.

Drawn to objects that record physical processes or bear imperfections and the scars of life, Jacqueline's interest lies in the aesthetic of books as residual objects with histories of use and meaning.

As much as I enjoy holding a genuine book, I have realized that the value of a book is not in the physical object but rather the information that it containAs much as I enjoy holding a genuine book, I have realized that the value of a book is not in the physical object but rather the information that it containas I enjoy holding a genuine book, I have realized that the value of a book is not in the physical object but rather the information that it contains.