![]() ![]() Ten years ago, when the Kindle launched, the idea was miraculous. So why is the physical book winning through? Consumer spending on books was up £89m across the board last year, compared with 2015. ![]() I don’t want to speculate about what goes on in other people’s bedrooms but I suspect it might be something similar, because figures published today by the Publishing Association show that sales of consumer ebooks have dropped by 17%, while sales of physical books are up 8%. Meanwhile, the stack of hardbacks and paperbacks on the bedside table has grown so tall it has spawned sub-stacks on the floor when I get into bed at night, it is like looking down on a miniature book city. But now the Kindle has slipped to the back of the desk drawer behind the Blu-Tack that comes out only at Christmas. I was reading lots of books and I needed them cheap and light. You can’t pass it on to a friend or post it through your neighbour’s door.Ī few years ago, I was given a Kindle. You can’t tell whether the end is really the end, or whether the end equals 93% followed by 7% of index and/or questions for book clubs. You can’t remember something potent and find it again with reference to where it appeared on a right- or left-hand page. ![]() You can’t turn down a corner, tuck a flap in a chapter, crack a spine (brutal, but sometimes pleasurable) or flick the pages to see how far you have come and how far you have to go. H ere are some things that you can’t do with a Kindle. ![]()
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