Kindle? Bitch please.
1. A book doesn't run out of battery
2. A book can't crash
3. They are electronic, so you can't read them in the bath
4. You can't press flowers in an eBook
5. You can't have first editions. There is no historical reverence in plastic.
6. You miss out on the fantastic old book smell
7. You can't annotate them or doodle in the margin
8. If you're downloading books, it means your not browsing second hand book stalls, which lets face it, is the most fun you can have without getting naked
9. You can't write in the front if your giving it to someone. Some of my most treasured books are those given to me by Dad where he has written a message to me in the flyleaf.
10. You can't casually lend someone a book because they are all locked up in a cold metal shell.
11. Real books are more durable. You drop it in the sea, spill your coffee on it, all you have to do is leave it to dry out and it's ready to go again. When books get bashed about it adds character. There is a pink stain from an ice lolly on a page somewhere in my copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which always reminds me of being about 7 and reading it at Bourne open air swimming pool.
Beat that Apple.
Sunday 4 July 2010
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