http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/2009/10/12/kindle-regret/ One Woman's Take on the World Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:46:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/2009/10/12/kindle-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Bruce Wed, 19 May 2010 14:21:08 +0000 http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/?p=293#comment-162 I refuse to get on board the Kindle train! I want a regular trade paperback to read and then keep on my bookshelves that I can lovingly revisit again and again. Or pass on either by leaving in the back of an airplane seat pocket for someone else to discover or share with my friends. I hope Kindle doesn't win! I refuse to get on board the Kindle train! I want a regular trade paperback to read and then keep on my bookshelves that I can lovingly revisit again and again. Or pass on either by leaving in the back of an airplane seat pocket for someone else to discover or share with my friends. I hope Kindle doesn’t win!

]]> http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/2009/10/12/kindle-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-140 kam Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:31:23 +0000 http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/?p=293#comment-140 sally! a book will ALWAYS be a great gift. just as siblings will always vie for the 'best' present to give mom. nothing says 'i thought of you' like picking out a book the person will enjoy and treasure for years. the kindle may be the swankiest new gadget, and not too long from now new books might only be available via e-file (it IS inevitable), but that will just make the ones that we give and have given that much more special. books are treasures! sally! a book will ALWAYS be a great gift. just as siblings will always vie for the ‘best’ present to give mom. nothing says ‘i thought of you’ like picking out a book the person will enjoy and treasure for years. the kindle may be the swankiest new gadget, and not too long from now new books might only be available via e-file (it IS inevitable), but that will just make the ones that we give and have given that much more special. books are treasures!

]]> http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/2009/10/12/kindle-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Mary Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:26:19 +0000 http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/?p=293#comment-126 Buy her a real old-fashioned well made book, one with illustrations, hard-bound, good paper, in a topic she enjoys. Even better, buy a book from a small press or an academic press, not from the big major publishers. Support the smaller publishers and keep the tradition of real book making alive. Buy her a real old-fashioned well made book, one with illustrations, hard-bound, good paper, in a topic she enjoys. Even better, buy a book from a small press or an academic press, not from the big major publishers. Support the smaller publishers and keep the tradition of real book making alive.

]]> http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/2009/10/12/kindle-regret/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Kerrie Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:49:29 +0000 http://www.sallybjornsenwrites.com/?p=293#comment-121 I refuse to get on board the Kindle train! I want a regular trade paperback to read and then keep on my bookshelves that I can lovingly revisit again and again. Or pass on either by leaving in the back of an airplane seat pocket for someone else to discover or share with my friends. I hope Kindle doesn't win! I refuse to get on board the Kindle train! I want a regular trade paperback to read and then keep on my bookshelves that I can lovingly revisit again and again. Or pass on either by leaving in the back of an airplane seat pocket for someone else to discover or share with my friends. I hope Kindle doesn’t win!

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