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No "on" switch for books, thank you
04/22/09 22:00
Call me
hopelessly 20th century, but I do not want my books
to:
1) require a switch
2) require recharging
My dear spouse just bought a Kindle 2. And I’m not intrigued. Maybe I’ll feel differently when I read one of my faves on his Kindle, but it will be a while before I try. *Real* books are on 24/7. You recharge them each time you bring your eyes to them.
I stand in the camp of people who don’t buy Kindles because they like the sensuous pleasure of books. The weight, the smell, the act of turning pages---all of that is what I need. Books are booty, pirate gold. I like amassing them. And I like that I can’t break a book unless I’m REALLY trying, or I set it on fire. I could drop a Kindle and shatter it in an instant.
Paper books = old school. That’s me.
1) require a switch
2) require recharging
My dear spouse just bought a Kindle 2. And I’m not intrigued. Maybe I’ll feel differently when I read one of my faves on his Kindle, but it will be a while before I try. *Real* books are on 24/7. You recharge them each time you bring your eyes to them.
I stand in the camp of people who don’t buy Kindles because they like the sensuous pleasure of books. The weight, the smell, the act of turning pages---all of that is what I need. Books are booty, pirate gold. I like amassing them. And I like that I can’t break a book unless I’m REALLY trying, or I set it on fire. I could drop a Kindle and shatter it in an instant.
Paper books = old school. That’s me.
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