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Thursday 6 January 2011

I prefer reading and feeling books.


I felt very sad and disappointed that The Amazon Kindle 3 was the second most successful 2010 Christmas present, a fact that I could scarcely believe given that newspapers and magazine publications are still as popular as they were before the digital revolution.
Personally speaking, actually getting hold of book in whatever form, celebrating it's textures and weights, is as exciting as the contents itself.
I recently acquired a second hand edition of "The Oxford Book of English Verse" published and printed in 1931.
1300 pages of beautifully written literature but embedded in a gorgeously produced hard backed book. Do you know what? The pure tactile indulgence I experienced when I touched and felt this object induced me to read poetic verse to my creative partner.
It wouldn't been the same if I'd suddenly got my newly acquired Kindle out and have to search for the relevant author, age, publishers name etc to find it. By the time I'd got it up on my screen she would have gone and made herself a cup of PG Tips!
Kindle? A Kon surely?

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  1. Charlotte9 January 2011 at 08:24

    a waterproof one for the bath would be a good idea though.
    agree that real books are beautiful but sadly i can see a time in the not too distant future where paper books are no longer printed.

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  2. Unknown10 January 2011 at 06:21

    I had a chance to touch a Kindle at Christmas - and you know it too is surprisingly tactile. It is mono too which suprised me, but the illustrations are stunning. They resemble old-fashioned lithographic prints. So in its own, yet different way, it is an attractive and appealing item.

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