Comments on: The Literary Life podcast - (with guest, Kim Harrison) http://www.bookswim.com/blog/the-literary-life-podcast-with-kim-harrison/2009/02/16/ We RENT books. We TALK books. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: L. Roy Brown http://www.bookswim.com/blog/the-literary-life-podcast-with-kim-harrison/2009/02/16/comment-page-1/#comment-12 L. Roy Brown Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:12:35 +0000 http://www.bookswim.com/blog/?p=362#comment-12 Alpha library segment is pretty cool. Interesting that a book rental company will actually promote libraries. Would you consider reviewing <a href="http://www.openlibrary.com" rel="nofollow">OpenLibrary.org</a>? The founder actually shared a library convention in Denver last year with the 2 bookswim boys. Alpha library segment is pretty cool. Interesting that a book rental company will actually promote libraries.

Would you consider reviewing OpenLibrary.org?

The founder actually shared a library convention in Denver last year with the 2 bookswim boys.

]]> By: DCMerkle http://www.bookswim.com/blog/the-literary-life-podcast-with-kim-harrison/2009/02/16/comment-page-1/#comment-9 DCMerkle Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:33:33 +0000 http://www.bookswim.com/blog/?p=362#comment-9 I have to say this about the Kindle (and I was surprised that Amazon has just released the Kindle 2 already) and why I will never buy it or the many other kinds that are out there. The Kindle will never replace the smell of a good book. Let me explain. I love walking into a bookstore or library and taking in the wonderful fragrance of books. It's an aphrodisiac to the reader. The texture of a book cover, the feel of a page is what a reader of books lives for. The Kindle smells of technology. Cold, hard plastic, that traps what a reader wants in their book. It seperates the bond of a book that a reader has with the story. Now, come on. Wouldn't you rather be seen patting the cover of a book that touched our hearts or boggled our minds or would you rather be seen burping the back of a Kindle? I have to say this about the Kindle (and I was surprised that Amazon has just released the Kindle 2 already) and why I will never buy it or the many other kinds that are out there.

The Kindle will never replace the smell of a good book. Let me explain. I love walking into a bookstore or library and taking in the wonderful fragrance of books. It’s an aphrodisiac to the reader. The texture of a book cover, the feel of a page is what a reader of books lives for.

The Kindle smells of technology. Cold, hard plastic, that traps what a reader wants in their book. It seperates the bond of a book that a reader has with the story. Now, come on. Wouldn’t you rather be seen patting the cover of a book that touched our hearts or boggled our minds or would you rather be seen burping the back of a Kindle?

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