[King Gizzard]

I have a few vinyls just cause of the cool presses you can get..not that I can actually play them, but I love how they look

[King Gizzard]

If I could link listening to vinyls to Last.FM then I probably would more

[MTVN]

Books will never be obsolete but it is sorta going the same way, even the major shops like Waterstones and WH Smiths are struggling now and any independent bookshop hasn't got much chance now. Shame cos bookshops are great places, can easily spend ages in there just browsing

Though books have also obviously been around for centuries like Livia said whereas CDs/DVDs etc. were just really the latest technology of the time so books will outlive all the changes

[MTVN]

Mind you I don't help much a lot of the time these days I'll look in bookshops but then buy the book second hand on amazon, just too tempting when it's about a fifth of the price

[King Gizzard]

who am i kidding anyway I haven't read a book since I left 6th form

[Ammi]

..a tablet will never compare with turning the page of a book but also, people don't necessarily want to take expensive tablets on beaches, planes, trains and automobiles, buses etc...

[fingers]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..a tablet will never compare with turning the page of a book but also, people don't necessarily want to take expensive tablets on beaches, planes, trains and automobiles, buses etc...

....and yet that's how they market them!!

[Ammi]

..also, you can just look at a book and know how great the story is by how shabby it looks, I love that.....

[fingers]

Books have a distinctive smell, you only get that from a tablet if it is short circuiting!

[Benjamin]

Nah, books have been around for a lot longer and I cannot see them going anytime soon. More people prefer books to using a kindle/ipad.