tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post3208441933842317026..comments2023-12-10T19:04:26.773-08:00Comments on Author2Author: Kindle Commercial, I'm Not Happy With YouEmily Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07073350248209507278noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-87504810963832713272011-06-16T17:24:12.770-07:002011-06-16T17:24:12.770-07:00As I deal daily with technology issues--threats of...As I deal daily with technology issues--threats of PIN skimming and hackers stealing info, batteries that need recharging or die altogether, screens that freeze/lock up, devices that reboot for no apparent reason, error messages, the Twitter fail-whale, constantly changing privacy policies and terms of service, passwords, and the constant need to keep upgrading every darn piece of software and hardware--<br />the more I appreciate my paper books.<br /> <br />I'm not anti-e-reader; I know they're here to stay, and I imagine I'll have to get one sometime. But they're not magic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-56915913069382010872011-06-16T14:26:36.653-07:002011-06-16T14:26:36.653-07:00Blegh! How awful. I live in fear that one day, in ...Blegh! How awful. I live in fear that one day, in the not too distant future, there will be no hard, tangible books available to those who refuse to purchase ereaders. That's a much scarier premise to me than most dystopian novels have come up with.<br /><br />(sorry double post)icountwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966778601382808750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-63597680871250035452011-06-16T14:25:32.465-07:002011-06-16T14:25:32.465-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.icountwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966778601382808750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-78380764010141531652011-06-16T10:58:10.273-07:002011-06-16T10:58:10.273-07:00Ugh! I'm with you! I miss my book store...an...Ugh! I'm with you! I miss my book store...and my café...<br /><br />They had better be careful about making books "uncool." Can we say "shoot yourself in the foot?"Ghost Girl (aka, Mary Ann)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10104992485564788542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-20006557547635028012011-06-16T09:02:26.804-07:002011-06-16T09:02:26.804-07:00Amazon is heavily invested in you not going to boo...Amazon is heavily invested in you not going to bookstores. And yes, it's a boon to people like my mother who live in microtowns where you have to drive 45 minutes to find the closest bookstore, the world's tiniest Barnes and Noble. <br /><br />But I can't tell you how much I agree with your blog. You know what else would be easier? If I didn't check my kids' homework. Just let the teachers deal with their ignorance. Or let them wander the streets, that's what police are for. Bored? They can watch TV, that's hella faster than 60 seconds for a Kindle download!<br /><br />I just finished reading Proofiness, the Dark Side of Math (five star recommendation from me) and it talked about how commercial need numbers. 60 seconds! Lashes 20 times more intense! Why are these good things? Who knows, just BUY!Kate Fallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856887940900664692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-58253739807779076742011-06-16T08:18:40.774-07:002011-06-16T08:18:40.774-07:00Ugh. I hadn't seen that before. Bookstores roc...Ugh. I hadn't seen that before. Bookstores rock. What an irritating commercial. <br /><br />Not much of an ebook fan myself and after all the woes my husband has had with his ereader (not a Kindle) lately, which he initially quite liked, I'm even less sold on the idea. <br /><br />"I guess walking and cooking is for losers too."<br /><br />Probably! In our lame-ass instant gratification culture anything that takes more than half a second or involves more effort than touching a screen seems to be considered unhip in certain circles. I know I sound cranky, but I'm tird of a society that seems to fawn over technology just for the sake of it. <br /><br />That aside, it doesn't make any sense to create a commercial that's trying to sell books but knocking places that sells them as uncool. If books are cool by extension why wouldn't the places that sell them be? Either that or maybe books aren't so cool after all?<br /><br />Either way peer pressure tactics wouldn't make me want to buy a Kindle, they'd probably make me less likely to buy one for insulting my intelligence.C. K. Kelly Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152997234365905131noreply@blogger.com