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Kindle & Communities

Explore the journey of books as they transition from traditional analog formats to the digital age, as discussed by industry leaders like Jeff Bezos. Delve into the importance of physical bookstores in fostering community interactions and how they serve as vital spaces for like-minded individuals to gather. This reflection also addresses the ongoing transformation of media, the resilience of print books, and the role of book clubs in enhancing literary culture in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

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Kindle & Communities

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  1. Kindle & Communities

  2. "Books are the last bastion of analog" Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon

  3. “There’s an even broader array of media—analog, digital, electronic, hand-held, tangible and virtual– from which to pick and choose. There will inevitably be a sorting out process. Few media are likely to disappear completely; rather, the idiosyncratic genius and peculiar limitations of each medium will become increasingly clear.” – Washington Post,February 2008

  4. Kramerbooks Dupont Circle, Washington DC

  5. “The bookstore fills a need in the community by providing a public space in which like-minded people can mingle and meet, brought together by the rows of books and magazines, or one of the many events sponsored by the store…” – Laura J. Miller, Shopping for community: The Transformation of the Bookstore into a Vital Community Institution

  6. “Physical bookstores, like the shuttered Tower Records of today, will be lonelier places, as digital reading thrusts us into an exciting—and jarring–post-Guttenberg era.” Newsweek, November, 2007

  7. “…book clubs could meet inside of the book…” - Bob Stein, Institute for the Future of the Book

  8. “Optimists foresee the Internet ushering in a new, vibrant participatory culture of words.” – Washington Post February 2008

  9. 1,500 Books 1 Kindle

  10. Q & A

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