I still spend hours at my library.
The reason I find this ironic? My Kindle will allow me to download a copy of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, in less than 60 seconds.
My library card? If I want to borrow that book, I have to walk into the branch, get past the library assistant who wants to know why I want to borrow a “childrens book” and speak to a senior librarian before I can borrow said book.
Because, within my local library system, an adult can reserve online, and borrow, copies of Mein Kampf, but they can’t reserve books that are designated as being “for Children”. Harry Potter, The Hunger Games books, The Invention of Hugo Cabret? You have to request them through a senior librarian.
Someone wanna explain that one to me?
BOOKS 4 LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO HELL WITH THAT KINDLE, NOOK AND E-READER SHIT!!!!! ( i would never buy one personally)
Gee thanks for spamming the three most popular eBook related tags on tumblr with this. We’ve obviously never seen it before, and really appreciate, on the day people are looking for info on the new Kindle devices, having to see this.
(Source: horizons-to-oblivion)
Amazon Kindle - No Keyboard, Physical forward / backwards keys - $79
Amazon Kindle Touch - IR, no keys at all - $99
Amazon Kindle Touch 3G - Free 3G access, IR, no keys - $149
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I need to see more pics, but the $79 Kindle looks like a very, very possible buy for me.
Four years ago we set out to improve upon the book..
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon Kindle Fire unveiling. I can imagine comments like that are gonna rile some people.
Thinking back on it, you and I really haven’t known each other long (has it really been only a year?!), but I feel like you have been in my life forever. From the first moment I set eyes on you, I knew we would be best friends. I can no longer imagine my life without you. When…
This is cute…but kinda freaky. Happy Birthday That-Person’s-Kindle!
Admit it - you totally do the same when it’s Mac hardware Birthday time - I knows what you Apple folks are like :)
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JUST BOUGHT A KINDLE…I think this is the beginning of my life as a shut in…..
[Tags are OPs own]
Excellent use of The Big Bang Theory related picture because: At least in the first three series of The Big Bang Theory, if you look in the background of their apartment, you can actually see they’ve got a Kindle. It’s the second generation white model, and it’s usually on the small table, between their kitchen, and the hallway to their bathroom / bedrooms.](http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd212/innocentsilverangel/Artwork/sheldonpassingout.gif)
JUST BOUGHT A KINDLE…I think this is the beginning of my life as a shut in…..
[Tags are OPs own]
Excellent use of The Big Bang Theory related picture because: At least in the first three series of The Big Bang Theory, if you look in the background of their apartment, you can actually see they’ve got a Kindle. It’s the second generation white model, and it’s usually on the small table, between their kitchen, and the hallway to their bathroom / bedrooms.
The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex. It came out September 1st, yet seems to have totally flown under my radar.
Not to worry
Breaks out Kindle, searches, hits “Buy”.
Done. That’s my weekend sorted!
It scares me that books are becoming extinct.
Not just books in any form. I mean paper books.
A paper bundle you could physically pick up and instantly be attracted to. Where every thin piece of fibered paper was an experience.
Excitement and anticipation was what led you to turn the put your finger underneat, ready to jump to the next page. To read ahead and discover new words.
Sometimes the ink was splotched on the page. Sometimes someone had written a note upon the page. Underlined a word. What did that word mean to them? Who had read this book?
Sometimes a note could be found between a page…sometimes so simple. A message to pick up some milk used as a bookmark. A love note written between two middle-schoolers tucked into the pages of a reading assignment.
And here we are today in a world were books are replaced by an image of black words on a white screen. A picture represents a cover. A simulation of a page passes by on the LED.
But these are just images.
There is no meaning.
I miss the pages.
I miss the realness of the teardrops I’ve let soak through a few pages of a good book.
And for once, I don’t think I ever thought books were so beautiful.
[Tags are OPs own.]
As a bookworm, and a fan of e-readers, thank you for tagging your post in such a way that it’s shown up under 4 seperate tags I follow.
Nothing more enjoyable on a Sunday evening than someone on tumblr pretty much insulting your choice of reading.
Ooh - and take 30 seconds to do some research? The two e-readers you listed, don’t use LEDs. With the exception of the Nook Color, which is more of a tablet, no modern e-readers use LED screens.
Bullshit
I’m sorry - but I don’t have the energy to respond to elitism crap like this properly at the moment.
In short - Anyone who believes that - and who thinks that makes them a “better reader” or a “True booklover”
Is a cunt.
Fuck off and die.
Suffice to say, Tags are OPs own.
Edit: And while I’m at it - thanks for polluting the Kindle tag with elitist cunt waffle like this - really appreciated.
Fucking Blocked.
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