Moment of Zen 05/05/09

The most astonishing fact about last weeks presentations on the old traditional media was the idea of the “printed” book as a traditional medium which still exists and which will supposedly survive all the other upcoming changes of the new media as well. I was wondering whether the traditional book will really survive the next modern era of the so-called new invented ebook. On the one hand the medium book exists for hundreds of years and is still that important today, but on the other hand the new ebook has got several advantages a book never had and will never have. On the one hand, it is much more comfortable to travel with a slim ebook than to travel with a traditional hardcover. On the other hand, an ebook is very expensive and what happens in case of low battery? I will always prefer traditional books instead of ebooks because I definitely like the idea of having a hardcover in hand and I also prefer to keep and collect the books after reading. All these above mentioned facts make it that interesting for me to see what will happen to the traditional books in the future and I am really looking forward to reading my next “printed” book.