The case for print
Anne Kail, Sales Manager in our Oxford office, is a tremendous wit and an all-around hilarious person. She sent us this charming anecdote as a justification for keeping print copies in this increasingly digital world:
We love books. Books online, obviously, but we love them on shelves too and in the Oxford office we have bookshelves full of the titles that we feature online. But you all know that there are times when only a book on the shelf will do. Chris from Orchadis.com in a neighboring office has often stopped by to admire them. One day this week his admiration seemed more… purposeful. ‘I need a bible urgently’. Easy! I handed him the King James version, maintaining, I thought, a neutral demeanor, but obviously failing, and eaten up with curiosity. ‘I need it for someone to swear on’. Ah. Glad to help. I had been thinking of pruning our ‘library’ but am now reconsidering. Who knows when someone will want to swear on the Qur’an or… Evolution Wars: A guide to the debates?
