While there are people like me still around there will always be the need for physical libraries. It is sad to see the demise of big book stores such as Angus and Rebertson and Borders but the online book business provided by such companies as Amazon and the UK Book Depository seems to be booming. (Maybe that is the problem!) It is also a sign of the times that our Book Club box of books now arrives with not only books but at least one copy of the audiobook. It is also a sign of the times that many members "bags" the audiobook!
I did a prac in a public library some years ago and was surprised by their supply of audiobooks which were borrowed mostly by the sight impaired clients. I have since learned that this is a fast growing area of need and used by all clients. It may be as we are all trying to multi-task and are aware that we are so time poor that we see being able to enjoy a story as we do other things.
I have not used a Kindle but they sound as if they would be useful in a school. I visitd the World EBook Fair and Project Gutenberg. This is certainly a growing area of technology.
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