{"id":9499,"date":"2012-01-14T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=9499"},"modified":"2012-01-13T22:35:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T04:35:28","slug":"despite-advantages-to-digital-books-theres-still-nothing-like-real-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=9499","title":{"rendered":"Despite advantages to digital books, there’s still nothing like ‘real’ books"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>More and more, we’re living in an age of digital books. I can’t say that I quite object to having books on a Kindle or an iPad, but I also can’t say that I embrace the trend away from “real” paper books. There’s something about the smell and feel of books that a digital file will never capture, at least not for me.<\/p>\n

Partly because of how strongly I feel about books, this animation called “The Joy of Books” is a thing of real beauty to me. It presents books as having lives and character of their own. If you’ve ever had a favorite bookstore or library, you might find this short animation as magical as I do, both in its meaning and in its artistic whimsy.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a reader for sharing it with me. It’s worth sharing — just as good books are worth sharing.<\/p>\n