Dan Brown Quotes

My gut feeling is that paper and ink are going to be with us for a long time yet, and in substantial quantities, though certainly books are now going to be available in other forms.

First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.

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.

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

I think printed fiction is what women read.

I'm not a massive reader of traditional books.

I'm much more willing to buy a novel electronically by someone I don't know. Because if halfway through I think, I don't really like this, I can just stop. I can't throw books out, even if I think they're crummy. I feel like I've got to give it to the library. I've got to loan it to somebody, or I keep it on my shelf. It's like a plant.

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

People read every thing nowadays, except books.

I will always prefer a hardback book, but I'm drawn to digital because it's so easy to acquire them when I'm having a need-to-read moment.

I am a big fan of the electronic book. I hate to see the old bookstores close, but they have to reinvent themselves. I believe the First Edition bookstore will be the next thing. People will read electronically, then decide they want to own that book. The author will then be invited to the old bookstores to sign. I think books will always be with us, but they will fill a different need.

I often read nonfiction with a pencil in hand. I love the feel, the smell, the design, the weight of a book, but I also enjoy the convenience of my Kindle - for travel and for procuring a book in seconds.

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 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.

I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books.

The age of the book is almost gone.

I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books.

I read one chapter of a book and put it down. Thank God for Kindle.

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

I got my iPad, and I'm trying to buy books on that, but I kind of like a book. At the end of my life, when I'm old, I want to have all these shelves full of books. So I'm just gonna do the book thing.

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

I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books.

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

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

Books and technology are braided together and always have been.