Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
The days when a large collection of books was enough of a draw seem to be over. They need a gimmick to tear them away from the interactive freak show on their phones.
I don't begrudge the entertainment. I begrudge the trend of the printed word being relegated to a 3x4 inch screen, and print communication being confined to tweets and captions on Instagram. Do I get upset when I see 3/4's of the real estate of a Barnes & Noble (what's left of them) being taken up by toys? Yes, but frankly, we might as well spend our time ruing the fate of Medieval illuminations because the era of classic print books won't likely persist much longer and there's nothing we can do about it except act like fogies and Luddites.