Books are n’t numb . Let ’s not even say they ’re pall , not yet . But forcible books , the fusty tomes you checked out from the program library , are most surely on the decline — to the compass point that Ikeahas redesign its productsto oblige a world without them .
The Economisttakes a terrifically interesting lookat the changes digitisation has caused in the publishing world and its fellow traveler , among the most interesting of which have taken place in the furniture giant ’s manufacture plan :
Next calendar month IKEA will introduce a new , deeper reading of its ubiquitous “ BILLY ” bookcase . The flavorless - pack furniture giant is already elevate methamphetamine hydrochloride doors for its bookshelves . The firm reckons customers will increasingly expend them for ornaments , tchotchkes and the odd coffee - table tome - anything , that is , except books that are actually read .
As our ledge fill up with more tshatshke than Chomsky , and we snap through rather than page - turn , it ’s becoming more and more clear that we ’re in the most solid period of literary transition since Gutenberg first provoke up the publish press . [ EconomistviaPostereus ]
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