it's my answer to the people
who over react when I say I might buy a Kindle. I like books, can't say I'd stop buying them (although I'm running out of space) but kindle is just another way to get the stories, which is the real point of books
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:41, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I agree but for me the feel of books is very importans.
I love the feeling of a well thumbed book.
( girlinthehole, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:43, Reply)

agreed
but also new books. The way you get them in teh little waterstone's bag and they are perfectly cut and pristine. mmmmm

also, someone turns the corners over in my book or bends the cover I get very annoyed

/hypocrit
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:44, Reply)

It's not even the new book thing
I spent a rather obscene amount of money in a second hand bookshop last weekend.

Bookshops are hallowed places.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:57, Reply)

I couldn't do it
I really would find it wrong to read a book on a screen.

This may be a generational thing.

I've never tried it so I shouldn't dismiss it, but the actual physical presence of a book adds to it's gravitas.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:47, Reply)

I can't do it because my eyesight isn't up to squinting at slightly darker bits on a lit screen for long periods of time.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:54, Reply)