‘We spend on cashmere and cars, so why not books?

‘We spend on cashmere and cars, so why not books?

why not book???

have u thought about it?

why not?

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‘We spend on cashmere and cars, so why not books?’;First Word;Books
Erica Wagner

14 April 2007
The Times
Books 2
English
(c) 2007 Times Newspapers Limited. All rights reserved

I want to be a book editorial designer, but what if nobody buys the book that I designed? I always think about this issue when I design a book (or related a book), but there is no particular answer of this kind of a question. Because there are various kinds of reading articles on the Internet as free, as well as in the library. Yes it is FREE. That is a definitely merit for readers.
When I was a university student in Korea 2001, I read a book of ‘The Internet, Hypertext and the end of the Book’ (Bae sik han, 2000, ISBN(13) : 9788970132037), and I totally enjoyed the book because I had thought about the end of the book in this 21st century, and the author’s statements was quite similar as mine. After 6 years later, I read this on The Times and I enjoyed too. ‘We spend on cashmere and cars, so why not books?’ (Erica Wagner, 14 April 2007, The Times). According to this article, the author felt content when she was just holding the 1st edition book in her hands (Erica Wagner, 14 April 2007, The Times), and I totally agree with her feeling. However, did I buy reading sources from Tania? I just bought the cradle to cradle and I downloaded other readings from the communication server.
Unhappily, Even though my parents always insist if I want to read something then I should buy a book that I wanted to read, I do not really buy many books as many excuses (even though I buy more books than other students). I sometimes buy magazines, newspapers, travel books and some quirky design books, not really related to studying just for enjoying myself.
Therefore, I thought I have to change my behaviour first for being a book designer.

However, is not there really the answer of not buying books? As a designer, quirky or inspirited design is only the solution for grabbing a book to readers? Unfortunately the answer that I found so far is ‘I am sorry, but yes’, because nothing can be saved the free reading articles yet.

This is a sad story to me, so I am not going to download any reading articles from the Internet any more.

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