I hear you, Jeff. That was my entire high school experience. The only days I went there without a book in my back pocket were my first and last ones.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: mbsj...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:21:09 -0500 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Amazon sells more eBooks than actual books I don't think I could ever lose the comfort of having a bent and beaten paperback nestled in my back pocket. Jeff On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote: I think that's inevitable for industrialized, high-tech parts of the world. I know an ever-increasing number of adults and kids who barelyread any books, electronic or paperback. but what they do read is a lot of web stuff, play a lot of video games, and fiddle around with iPods, cell phones, etc. Such people are positioned to respond more to devices like the Kindle. I like the Kindle and plan to own one some day. but no electronics will ever replace the real things for me. There's something great about the tactile feeling of turning the pages of a magazine or book. And it's also nice to not have to worry about power supplies, damage to electronics, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 4:23:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Amazon sells more eBooks than actual books Amazon has announced that it sold lots of Kindle eReaders this Christmas. And what's more interesting is that Amazon sold more eBooks on Christmas day than actual books. Are we moving towards a world where regular paper books are going to become a thing of the past? http://nexus404.com/Blog/2009/12/27/amazon-sells-record-number-of-kindle-ereaders-amazon-sells-more-kindle-ebooks-than-actual-books-this-christmas/ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/
