Why Physical Books Are More Important Than Ever In the Age of the Internet

Buy Sarah's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/... In this video, author Sarah A. Chrisman and her husband Gabriel (a university library director) discuss why the internet age makes physical books more important now than ever. The quality of information online has gotten steadily worse over the past decade, even while the quantity has gotten steadily greater. Increased advertising and AI-generated garbage has made it harder and harder to sift through all the useless junk to find anything true and meaningful on the internet. A book, by its very nature, is a long format narrative; this means it has to follow a flow of thought and encourages deep engagement. My Tales of Chetzemoka Cycling Club Historical Fiction book series: 1 "First Wheel in Town: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... 2 "Love Will Find A Wheel: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... 3 "A Rapping At the Door: A Victorian Cycling Club Suspense Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... 4 "Delivery Delayed: A Victorian Cycling Club Romance" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07... 5 "A Trip And A Tumble: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07... 6 "Three Women Awheel: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07... 7 "Spark's Press: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08... 8 "A Bumpy Road to Marriage: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C... 9 "Where the Sea Turns A Corner: A Victorian Cycling Club Story" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F... My non-fiction: 2020: A Private Diary From A Time When Humanity Went Mad but (despite predictions to the contrary) the World Didn't End https://tinyurl.com/yfskwc74 Victorian Secrets https://tinyurl.com/5y74dnk2 This Victorian Life https://tinyurl.com/bdfns6mt My Victorian anthologies A Rose Commencement https://tinyurl.com/3ynnt4cr Christmas Every Day https://tinyurl.com/4ae8cmhr The Haunted Wheel https://tinyurl.com/ff4x7up4 Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving And Some Old-Time Folks: Victorian Thanksgiving Stories, Articles, Recipes and Menus From the 19th-Century: https://tinyurl.com/3444uada