The book is a slow form of exchange. It is a mode of temporality which conceives of public communication not as action but…

“The book is a slow form of exchange. It is a mode of temporality which conceives of public communication not as action but rather as reflection upon action. Indeed, the book form serves precisely to defer action, to widen the temporal gap between thought and deed, to create a space for reflection and debate. The book, as Marcel Proust recognized, is a fulcrum that creates space out of time.”

– “Books in Time”, Carla Hesse (1996)