Just a little bit about me to start with… blogs about reading to come very soon!!
I’ve recently graduated from the University of Birmingham
with a degree in English with Creative Writing, and started an MA in publishing
last week at UCL. I’m aiming to go into a career in the business side of
publishing as I have also worked for several years in retail and love the sales
environment. I will admit that my knowledge is still fairly raw, but I don’t think
many people outside of the industry really get publishing; it is the mysterious
middleman between author and reader... and I can't wait to study and get involved in it! Though, whilst
starting the MA course inspired me to start blogging, the topic of my blog is
actually not about publishing… but about reading.
As the title suggests, I love losing myself in the pages of
a book and everything that goes along with the traditional reading experience. I
therefore find this transition to digital particularly interesting (and perhaps
also a bit scary!)… Whilst I appreciate the numerous opportunities and
additional features that the digital world provides, I really can’t see how
reading a book from a screen can create the same sensation as simply reading a
book.
So I’m going to write about it, and perhaps review the books
I’m reading as I go along. Feel free to tell me I’m wrong and fight for the eBook,
I’m actually looking forward to getting my head around this digital world as
well…
...but I know I’m not alone in thinking that the Book will never die!!!
So there you go... an introduction to me and my ideas for this
blog. I’ll get the first one up very soon J
A few months ago I was adamant that I would never use a digital book. And then I packed 11 books into my backpack which, although I did read them all, probably wasn't my most sensible idea. Definitely investing in a kindle next time, but would still have to buy hard copies of really good books so they could sit on my bookshelf! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly it! The kindle wins hands down for convenience, but if it's a good book then you want the print copy, firstly so it can sit proudly on your bookshelf, and secondly so you can get the excitement when reading it! So what do we do, buy both?
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