Pity the Kindle Generation

[Joe Allonby]

It's possible to accumulate an oversupply of unread e-books too.
Especially with the free sample option. On the plus side, you don't
have to lug them around in boxes when you move.


On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 6:07 AM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> actually, I think the "Kindle Generation" will define "scanning my
> bookshelves" as something entirely different to what the Torygraph
> nostalgist has it.
>
> I can't comprehend this fusty ire over e-books, and I am an old fart.
> I love books, have tons, buy many more than I will ever read (is that
> what he means when he says "for show"? I always think of buying books
> as a hopeful act, a hedge against some future in which i have all the
> time in the world and finally catch up), but I feel LIBERATED by
> e-books.
>
> damn, sometimes I feel like a monk whose wrists & eyes are aching from
> midnight illumination being shown Gutenberg's printing press.
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yrhelCxd9xQ/TjAXtN0YPBI/AAAAAAAAAIo/0HS3t2DkTRk/s912/buecher1.jpg
>>
>> 2011/10/10 Jed Kelestron <jedkelestron at gmail.com>:
>>> P-listers books are rarely on shelves.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 6:48 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8814562/I-pity-the-Kindle-generation-they-will-never-know-the-sweet-nostalgia-of-scanning-their-bookshelves.html
>>>>
>>>> According to a new survey, two thirds of the books we have on our
>>>> shelves are purely for show.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>