Michael Hansen still prefers holding an actual book to reading one on his computer.
He likes the feel of a book in his hand. He likes to be able to write in the margins and highlight important passages.
“It just seems a lot more handy to have the actual physical book,” said the University of Nebraska-Lincoln history major. “I prefer paper.”
He isn’t alone.
Most students prefer to buy or rent physical textbooks rather than digital copies, said John Parish, regional manager for the UNL Bookstore’s parent company, Follett Higher Education Group. That doesn’t mean traditional bookstores, including Nebraska Bookstore, haven’t had to find ways to compete with online stores, such as Amazon.com, that offer books at steeply discounted prices.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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Michael Hansen still prefers holding an actual book to reading one on his computer.
