Chip Kidd : Why books are here to stay

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Why books are here to stay
Summary
“Don’t lend books to people unless you never intend to see that books again “.
This is a rule that the speaker has. It means that for him, books are really important because he said that people can have relationships like with humans with printed books more than e-books.

The physical object of a book is almost like a person. It has a face, spine, and backbone, a good smell of ink on paper, and records our experience. It lasts and tells for a long time but can’t be turned off with a switch. Those are valuable.

The speaker is a designer who designs the front cover of many famous books, for example, the book is written by Haruki Murakami.

P.S. I like books to read, have, hold in my hand, carry around with me and leave it behind on a shelf, though, I now use e-books more than it...