attention to detail.
Even with cheap printed books, you can tell that someone proofed every page. With many e-books, they’ve clearly just been run through a converter with no proofing whatsoever. This is especially true for backlist Kindle titles from Amazon — the formatting is just atrocious.
this will be fixed, i’m sure but it’s certainly indicative of an unintended separation while innovation, in general, is hurtling forward. part of how we live, as a species, is connecting to the environment around us using all of our senses. touching a screen and magic happening is nice but it doesn’t engage you completely. there is nothing tangible interacting back with you that engages all of you at once. you’ll see something, you’ll hear something - but you won’t physically feel anything.
we still need that. we’ll always need that. things go wrong and our balance is shifted. why is running away and going on vacation, “unplugging” so hot right now? it’s that balance that has left our everyday lives. we’re chasing when we can easily bring it back.
