Rediscovering a Passion for Books at the Launch of Richard de Nooy’s The Big Stick
In an article for Gauteng blog, Colin Ford describes how his passion for print books (as opposed to eBooks) was reignited when he attended the Johannesburg launch of Richard de Nooy‘s latest, The Big Stick, at Love Books.
He says that beautiful and welcoming bookstores like Love Books do well to encourage the demand for print media, and that the pleasures of reading a paper book can’t be matched by an eBook. Says Ford, “I bought a copy of The Big Stick at the launch and had it signed by the author. Last weekend I read it, remembering how much I enjoyed the feel of paper between my fingers, the faint smell of dust as pages are turned, the physical sense of how much I’ve read versus how much of the book is left…”
Last year I got a Kindle for my birthday and I fell in love with the convenience of being able to download any book from anywhere in the world. As a result it’s been months since I’ve actually bought a book in a bookshop.
Back in the “paper days” I would often wander into a bookshop and find myself a little nervous to pick anything up in case I messed up the perfect display. Under the glare of the hovering shop assistants, I would casually glance at the book covers and, if something really appealed, I would dare to turn it over and read the synopsis.
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- The Big Stick by Richard de Nooy
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EAN: 9781431402687
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