/lit/ - Literature

Are amanuenses real authors?

What I ought to have is a reserve of good books printed on newsprint--books to be read in the bath or while travelling that can then be tossed away.

>But canal traffic declined rapidly once coal powered steam railroads ramped up in earnest. Rail had the advantage of being able to cross long distances of completely dry land, climb mountains, maintain year round service regardless of weather, and dramatically increase delivery speed. Traffic and revenue along the canals dried up just as the aging infrastructure needed costly maintenance. Watermills were replaced by more productive coal fired factories that no longer needed to be located next to rivers. Whole new tracks of land along railroads gained value while property along the canals stagnated and declined. The canal network suffered a slow death by attrition and neglect. Many mill towns have still not recovered economically. The American canal era lasted for seventy years.

Fuck trains