▲ 72 ▼ The death of the mass market paperback, the people’s books (nikdirga.com) submitted 9 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/books@lemmy.world 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments Books themselves aren’t going anywhere, or so I keep telling myself and fervently hoping despite all the evidence humanity’s collective brains are dissolving into a stew of slop and influence.
[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip -2 points 9 months ago (3 children) The vast majority of people of buy books to read… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 1 point 9 months ago (2 children) Are you an AI? Because you speak with such confidence while not backing anything up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Did you read the article that spawned the thread? IT STATES THAT PRINTED BOOKS ARE DEAD. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 0 points 9 months ago Did you? It specifically talks about one form. And it implicitly talks about the USA. And with your performance here, I can see why books are dying in the USA. Reading is for lefties, amirite? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 1 point 9 months ago (2 children) Are you an AI? Because you speak with such confidence while not backing anything up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Did you read the article that spawned the thread? IT STATES THAT PRINTED BOOKS ARE DEAD. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 0 points 9 months ago Did you? It specifically talks about one form. And it implicitly talks about the USA. And with your performance here, I can see why books are dying in the USA. Reading is for lefties, amirite? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Did you read the article that spawned the thread? IT STATES THAT PRINTED BOOKS ARE DEAD. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 0 points 9 months ago Did you? It specifically talks about one form. And it implicitly talks about the USA. And with your performance here, I can see why books are dying in the USA. Reading is for lefties, amirite? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 0 points 9 months ago Did you? It specifically talks about one form. And it implicitly talks about the USA. And with your performance here, I can see why books are dying in the USA. Reading is for lefties, amirite? permalink fedilink source parent