Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again'

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Originally Posted by Hilde Bracegirdle

Do e-readers hum?

Only if you don't teach them the words. (No, they don't. And they don't build up heat like a laptop, either.)

I believe both forms can and will peacefully coexist, if not in the ways some would like. There will always be a market for books to appeal to bibliophiles and collectors, and certain kinds of books — such as ones filled with large, full-color and high resolution pictures, the "coffee tables books" as some call them — are just not the same when viewed electronically, not even on the best and biggest high-def screen. But the ease of portability and storage cannot be denied with ebooks. At home, I will take one of my copies of LotR off the shelf to read it, but on the road, I'm glad I can carry it — and four other Tolkien books — on my iPad, along with a whole bunch of other favorites. Both forms have their place, IMHO.