With the rise of the internet and media outlets, it’s as though the medium of books has become less and less of an everyday occurrence. This, of course, isn’t to say that books are obsolete, on the contrary, Text books and academic journals are still going strong and books as a whole seem to be keeping their stride as entertainment for certain people. Though there is the flip side to every coin. With every rise, there is a fall. With the rise of the internet, it’s taken the book world by storm as the age range of 18-34 year olds went from one of the highest percentages of personal reading to one of the least.

Although production of books has been nearly streamlined, it’s as though most of the revenue made from the author themselves aren’t as plentiful as years past. With production costs lessening with E-books and different styles of literary pieces being made, it’s no doubt that books as a genre of entertainment and information has tried strategizing on ways to cope with such a vast changing world. Though, with the changing world comes people who use that to their advantage. Such as the super stores such as barnes and noble taking over and nearly devouring the book distribution industry. With connected coffee shops to get the atmosphere together and a vast majority of books to choose from, even electronic, it was no question that Barnes and Noble along with other larger brands were to take up the collective space in our minds when we think of books.

But even then, with the rise of the internet and the shortened attention spans of readers, it’s only a matter of time before books become something of the past, with online literature to take its place. There will always be that thought in the back of people’s minds for said literary pieces but the forms it may take may differ as time rolls on.

So that begs the question. What form do you think literary mediums will take after online may grow old? Do you believe it will grow old? How so? Personally i believe that Books as a concept will always be alive and well, but there’s always the chance of change when it comes to the presentation of said books.

Hey y’all! My name’s McKayla, or Mac for short! I’m a sophomore this year and I major in Art and Design! Still not quite sure what subject I’m vibing with yet but hey, that’s why i’m here.

Although i’m obviously in a predominantly fine arts college, my actual love is character design and story telling! Although I love Alfred, I’m debating on a transfer to truly explore those areas. But for now I can’t wait to learn about whatever I can while here!

I grew up in Rochester and Webster NY and overall got my love of art when I was just a wee baby, around 5 to be exact. I was given a “How to Draw” book from my gram and couldn’t stop. So here I am!

My medium of choice is charcoal and digital art but I do dabble in other mediums. Alfred’s helping me explore them! Here are a few examples of my work!

I’m truly thankful to my high school art teacher, Mrs.Carlton due to her insistence on pushing me to my limits and, in turn, pushing my art to its limits and helping me like no other teacher i’ve had in the past.