As we continue to adapt technology into our lives, bookstores are now disappearing. The reason for this is because books can now be sold online. Novels, or literary works played a great significance in our society by enabling people to learn somebody else’s ideas. Books also taught us to develop our basic language skills and expand our vocabulary.
The reason why I think books stores is good for us is that it can help us get out of comfort range with books. Most of the time, books in bookstores allows us to look at the page or two before we buy them to see if it sparks our interest. But online we can’t do that since we literally have to judge a book by its cover, and judging a book by its cover is never good since even the most unappealing covers can be a really good book.
The reason for the sad decline of bookstores might be because people are losing their enthusiasm to explore. Since we can pretty much do everything online now, people are losing their interest to go outside. People can now shop, do their groceries, work, and even watch movies with their mobile devices. What are the ways to attract people to go to bookstores once again?
The decline in the number of bookstores is a response to the nonstop technological advances in our society. More and more websites on the internet are selling books and many people have been buying their books online rather than in stores. Doing this, however, takes away being able to get our interest sparked in new books by, as you said, being able to flip through the pages. I honestly don't know what a solution to this would be, because there's no way to stop the even more technological advances that are to come. One possible thing that could take place though is maybe catching more public attention on the issue, and hopefully convince people to not let bookstores eventually trickle down to only a few or even none left.
ReplyDeleteAs long as people are willing to read books, it shouldn’t matter what medium they use whether it be a physical copy, a Kindle, or a smartphone. They are still receiving the same knowledge regardless of how they decides to read. Also, most books online have a preview feature that allows consumers to flip through the first twenty or so pages of the book. Nonetheless, it is true that people are gradually losing interest in books, which is one of the factors behind the demise of bookstores. They aren’t simply a place to purchase bundles of knowledge but also socializing and discussing their passions with similar people. That is one fundamental aspect of the reading experience that the internet does not always provide.
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