Okay, I'm not against technology and I admit, I read my local paper online. Saves me from recycling and I do my part conserving trees:) Except for Sundays. On Sundays I go out on the porch or to the kitchen table with a hot mug of joe, happy for the extra time to read the local news in it's pristine paper form. Who cares that I get ink smudges all over my face and don't realize until way later in the day? Or that the paper refuses to crease right where I need it to, causing me to spill the large mug of joe? Or that my arms get tired from holding up all that weight so early in the morning?Well, apparently you can now for the low, low, price of $399.00(That's low for some people..I'm not one of them) you can purchase a KINDLE...A what?! A Kindle...roll eyes...duh? Go ahead, I'll wait while you move your rock aside and attempt to get current.
A Kindle is revolutionary because it can store up to 200 books (like my bookshelf), has access to 88,000 books (like Amazon) and all the top papers are auto delivered daily(like the internet). (The death of the paperboy and the quaint bookshops are upon us people, it's a sad day indeed) Plus, you can purchase the books for only $9.99 and they're instantly downloaded. (The ADD in me would like that feature, but I will fight the urge)A KINDLE, not to be confused with a HINDLE,
is now the latest thing...........
that I think will be a big bomb.
Here's why,
1) Who wants to curl up in front of the fire and read one of those?...
2) I want pages, not buttons.
3) I want a book cover not a screen.
4) I want tattered corners to tell me I loved it over and over.
5) I want a book to put on my shelf to show others my adoration and that it meant something to me.
6) What the hell should I get the author to sign?(if I meet one)
7) Do you know how many books I can buy for $399.00? Books take priority over electronics (yes, I'm a nerd)
8) So what if Toni Morrison, one of my favorite all time authors, likes it and is saying so on Amazon. com. I prefer to think she did it for the $. James Patterson did it for the press ;)
9) Did I say it's $399.00!?!
10) I'm obviously old fashioned at the tender age of 39 and they're is nothing I see earth shattering about this product.....unless, I was only allowed one item and was stranded on an island alone. Then and only then, would I want one of these.
And, if by chance I happen to succumb to all the hype and I purchase one...and I, gulp, like it....I will post an update and talk about how wrong and old-fashioned I was:)
9 comments:
You missed one.
Unless it smells like a book, I'm not interested.
My son and I both spent 10 minutes on the couch the other day, just smelling our new books. We came to the conclusion that the stronger the coffee smell, the longer they'd been in the store.
You can't get that kind of important history from electronics.
Blah.
I agree Linda. Course some of the old ones I get at Goodwill or the used book store can smell pretty rank. But at least they have a smell even if it's not a pleasant one. But you're right, the coffee shop ones are the best:)
I want pages, not buttons.
Yup that pretty much sums it up. Though Linda d. made a good point. I LOVE the smell of books!
I saw the Kindle on Good Morning America the other day. They were oohing and ahhing all over it. I didn't get it. I understand the convenience of it all, but when I look at my bookshelf and see the title of one of my favorite books staring at me, I grab it up and curl up to read it...I can't picture myself curling up to push buttons...
I have better things to do with my money! Like go to the Book Fair and buy actual 100% books!
You have GOT to go work for Amazon's PR department. I'm illiterate, and now I want a kindle!
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I am so glad that Linda said it first: I am absolutely CRAZY about the smell of books and bookshops; even libraries are, for me, an olfactory garden. And I want rustling pages, the good, crisp feel of real text -- not some electronic gadget that just reminds me of my inept Ludditeness.
Still, I was working at Sony when they launched their first Walkman. My native English-speaking colleagues and I laughed ourselves hoarse over the name, but it caught on. Maybe we'll all be like those people who laughed and said "Get a horse!" when the first cars went chugging by.
Come to think of it, I like horses too.
Oh I've got to agree with you angela. I want a book in my hands, large or small, I want pages to turn.
And just think of all the used books we buy (and later pass on) for $400!
Mary, I love the thought of libraries as an olfactory garden and I too love horses...Speaking of which with the price of gas....
Bish,I'm always bonding with friends over books we share. You just don't get that with that "Kindle techie contraption".
Thanks for stopping by you guys:)
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