Book Quote by James W. Loewen

Many Americans have never owned a book. And others have never owned a non-fiction book. Providing them with a 300-page paperback would get them…

— James W. Loewen

According to a Wall Street Journal article some 59 percent of Americans don t own a single book. Not a cookbook or even the Bible.

— Maureen Corrigan

“Technological change is discontinuous. The monks in their scriptoria did not invent the printing press, horse breeders did not invent the motorcar, and the…

— Jason Epstein

We still have books because they are so brilliantly suited to the way human beings absorb information and at their best, they are among…

— David Gelernter

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

— Sylvia Day

I hate reading digital books. I don't enjoy the experience. I like smelling the paper, turning the pages. I think the book as we've…

— Paul Auster

Of all the things that the digital revolution has produced, once of the coolest, simplest ones is you can now contact people who write…

— Stephen J. Dubner

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry…

— Stephen King

“Don't give up on the power of books to change lives and the world. As everything goes digital, book formats will morph, but their…

— David Marshall

The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new.

— Ben Katchor

“Digital books are in some ways hastening the lazy, solipsistic narcissism of our culture. We use our gadgets as proxies for other people and…

— Jason Merkoski

Everybody benefits when digital books are accessible.

— Torrey Peters