ThereisacertaininevitabilitythatebooksaleshavenowovertakenpaperbacksalesonAmazon'sUSsite.Amazon'sKindle2issolightandsocheapthatit'seasytoseewhypeoplehaverushedtobuyit.ThoughI'mstillnotkeenonthedesignoftheKindle,itisavastimprovementonitspredecessorandcertainlytolerable.Beyondthedeviceitself,AmazonhasdoneagreatjobofrollingoutKindleapps,ensuringthatpeoplelikeme-whohaveaniPadbutnotaKindle-canstilljoininthefun.Onceyou'reintotheKindleecosystem,Amazonlocksyouintightly-justasAppledoeswithitsiTunes/iPodecosystem.It'ssoeasytobuyfromAmazon'sstoreandthebooksaresocheapthatit'snotworththeeffortofgoingelsewhere.
WhileIremainopposedtoAmazon'sDRM(数字版权管理)-indeed,I'mopposedtoDRMonanyebooks-IhavetoadmitthattheimplementationissosmooththatmostKindleuserswon'tcareatallthattheirebookscan'tbemovedtootherdevices.
Theebooktrendisnowherenearpeaking.Overthenextfiveyearswecanexpecttoseemoreandmorereadersmoveawayfromprintedbooksandpickupebooksinstead.ButIdon'tthinkthatwillmeanthedeathoftheprintedbook.
Therearesomewhopreferprintedbooks.Theylikehavingshelvesfilledwithbooksthey'vereadandbookstheyplantoread;theylikethefeelofthebookintheirhandsandthedifferentweightsandtypefacesandlayoutsofdifferenttitles.Inotherwords,theylikethephysicalformofthebookalmostasmuchasthewordsitcontains.
Icansympathisewiththosepeople.AsIwroteearlierthisweek,myidealsituationwouldbeforpublisherstobundleebookswithprintedones-inmuchthesamewaythatfilmstudiosbtmdieDVDswithdigitalcopiesoffilms.There'snoreasontothinkthatloversofprintedbookswillchangetheirminds.Therewillundoubtedlybefewerofthemastimegoesbybecausemorepeoplewillgrowupwithebooksandspendlittletimewithprintedones.However,justastherearepeoplewholovevinylrecords(黑胶唱片),eveniftheywerebornwellintotheCDera,therewillstillbeadedicatedminoritywholovephysicalbooks.
Sincetherearefewerofthesepeople,thatwillmeanfewerbookshopsandhigherpricesforprintedbooksbutIdon'tthinkthepictureisentirelybleak.Thereisscopeforsmallerprintrunsoflavishlydesignedprintedbooksandbookshopsaimedatbooklovers,ratherthantheStiegLarsson-readingmasses.Withmainstreamreadersoutoftheprintedbookmarket,bookloversmightevenfindtheygetabetterexperience.
56.WhatcanbeinferredfromParagraphOne?
A.MostpeoplebuyKindle2mainlybecauseofitslowprice.
B.TheauthorofthepassageisaloyalcustomerofAppleproducts.
C.Amazon'sKindle2surpassedKindle1indesigning.
D.ThesalesofebookoutnumberedthoseofpaperbackintheU.S.
57.Accordingtothepassage,thereasonwhytheauthoropposestoAmazon'sDRMisthat______
A.ebookscanonlybepurchasedonAmazon.com
B.Kindlebooksarenotcompatiblewithotherelectronicreadingdevices
C.onceimplemented,ebookscan'tbetransferredtootherequipments
D.ebooksinstalledonKindle2can'tbeeditedfreely
58.Itcanbelearnedthatthetrendofebooks______
A.willcometostopanytimesoon
B.willreachthesummitinthenearfuture
C.willmeetitsheydaywhenprintedbooksdie
D.hasalreadyreacheditspeak
59.Whydoestheauthorbelievethatthesurgingsalesofebookswon'tmeanthedeathoftheprintedbook?
A.Becauseaminoritywillsticktotheirloveofprintedbooks.
B.Becausethemajorityofbookloverswon'tchangetheirminds.
C.Becausepeoplealwaysholdnostalgicfeelingstowardsprintedbooks.
D.Becausepeoplewillreturntotheprintedbooksastimegoesby.
60.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutthefutureofprintedbooks?
A.Theywillbebundledwithebooks.
B.Theywillnolongerbeavailableinthemarket.
C.Theywillbesoldinsmallquantityandhighquality.
D.Theywillberedesignedtocatertothemasses.
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