Henry, and all,
At least on the "community" front, I would suggest that this forum has
had as much impact on AB's services as any other. We are part of this
changing world.
We get news (of a sort), gossip (some of it inadvertent), catalog
announcements, scholarship; and it is interactive and immediate. Plus, it
is "free."
Can any printed publication compete at that level?
---Terry
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 WESSELLS@aol.com wrote:
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> There are two interconnected points that I would like to touch upon in this
> (short) philosophical note. One is the erosion of the sense of community
> that seems to be occurring at an accelerated pace. In this brave electronic
> world, where will the common ground be found, so that people who share a
> language of books will learn of things and exchange concerns? (By the
> language of books, I refer not only to speech but to all the many other
> nuances that are acquired through association with the book world.) I'm
> trying to consider what forum will shape the many changes in the book world
> still to come -- for as dramatic as the last four or fve years have been, in
> my opinion even more fundamental changes in the world of old books are still
> to come.
>