Bill Gates Quotes

Five to 10 years from now, if not sooner, the vast majority of 'The New Republic' readers are likely to be reading it on a tablet.

I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more reading than people used to do.

Electronic books are junk.

Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad.

I've never read an ebook. Print every time.

I sometimes read books on my iPad.

'The Expats' would not exist without e-books.

The advent of Kindle, the iPad, and other portable reading devices has so far simply resulted in turning analog print into digital print while keeping the same linear prose format.

For a long time, I was very resistant to the idea of online publication or even e-books or something like that.

Like people would ever want to read books on an electronic screen.

To compare books to computers, I mean, computers are the way to get books. That is the medium for distributing text because it doesn't require paper.

In our day, computer technology and the proliferation of books on CD-ROM have not affected - as far as statistics show - the production and sale of books in their old-fashioned codex form.

Because I spend so much time traveling, I tend to do most of my reading on the same iPad on which I write. For me, it's words, not paper, that matter most in the end. This practice has had the additional benefit of greatly reducing the time I spend storming through the house, defaming the mysterious forces who 'hid my book.'

I have an affection for tangible objects, like books and pages, but people sure do seem to love their Kindles! We're definitely in the middle of a revolution that will determine how people find, read, and experience stories.

The age of the book is almost gone.

I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure.

E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later.

In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue - I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.

I do worry that the days of the physical paper are seriously numbered.

I read in all forms: paper, computer, phone, audio.

I love digital books. And I actually started digital-first publishing back in 2005.

The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.

The future of reading is screens. Books are toast.

I'm a digital reader. When I travel abroad, I don't want to pack physical books, and I even like reading on my smartphone.

I read on my iPad. But honestly, I prefer print.