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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

one neutron bomb and yr Kindle is DEAD.
drop it awkwardly and it is DEAD
get it wet and it is DEAD
sit on it and it is DEAD
scratch the front text panel and it is DEAD

just talkin trash.

I just like holding books in my hand. Books are far more than just text on a page. None of my beloved art books would be worth shit on a Kindle.

ha ha ha @ neutron bomb

if amazon went bankrupt i'd be fucked too.

now barnes and noble makes their ebooks compatible with a bunch of stuff-- you don't need a kindle, you can read them on computer.

but eh, don't get me wrong, i wouldn't rely solely on a kindle, or on e-books. they don't replace a good library, with its awesome smell. and beautiful artbooks on a kindle are laughable-- impossible really (so far, anyway). and huge atlases? books are awesome. once in a library i held in my hands the 1918 edition of cesar vallejo's trilce, which he had printed in the prison workshop after he got out of jail. a fucking treasure of literature, and it was circulating like it was nothing. and it smelled yummy. it was a fucking glorious day. i have some awesome books in my library that i love. but i can't fucking hump them everywhere, and i live like a gypsy. besides, a lot of books are shit paperbacks that i buy for the content, not as book objects. so those can go on the kindle. so imagine. 1500 books in one device. imagine the possibilities in coming years. imagine access to-- all books-- from a little screen. everything. anything. the library of congress accessible to all.

well in the future future we'll just mainline the books to our brains-- but in between, fuck yes! i'll get a kindle when they make them just right.