Daniel J. Boorstin Book Quotations

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.

The computer can help us find what we know is there. But the book remains our symbol and our resource for the unimagined question and the unwelcome answer.

Books are messengers of freedom. They can be hidden under a mattress or smuggled into slave nations.

It is very unlikely that the computer will displace the books, except in areas where we need information speedily.

Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known primarily (sometimes exclusively) for its well-knownness.