..Or a Nook? Before you get annoyed by this oft repeated word in my blog, let me tell you that this will be the last time I mention it ( or atleast until a few more blogposts have gone by and you have forgotten....).
This post is about the continuous conflict in my mind, actually in many a book-lovers' mind. I love the feel of paper. But if you have already read in my "About me" section, you'll know that the space in my apartment is a major constraint for my desire to indulge in buying as many books as I'd like. As a result of that and several other factors, (read 'rat-race' to graduate, find a job and then keep the job and the above mentioned apartment) my reading suffered . You'd think if space at home was the problem, the simplest solution was to walk into a library and check out books like a normal person would. But no! My OCD to 'own' books overwhelmed and prevented me from being that sane.
Luckily for me, the digital age in books was blooming by then. So one day, I finally walked into a store to buy some books and ended up buying a Nook. My reason for this was somewhat (I'd like to believe, extremely well) thought out. See, Nook is a Barnes and Noble product. Its sales keep the beautiful places called bookstores alive (unlike sales of the Kindle or even printed books from this all-consuming black-hole of an online store, Amazon). Genius? I think so!
Tell me, how can a book-lover resist having something like this?
Some might argue, that if this same kind of reluctance to evolve towards writing onto paper had overwhelmed the early people, we'd still be chipping away at rocks with a chisel, or chalking stuff up on slate. Well, we all agree that lugging those things around wouldn't have been fun, don't we? Plus what with erosion, most of that hard-work would have gone to waste, anyway. So yeah, maybe there'll come a day when we completely give up paper! But until then, despite the fact that I am embracing the digital era, I still pledge to read the printed word.
This post is about the continuous conflict in my mind, actually in many a book-lovers' mind. I love the feel of paper. But if you have already read in my "About me" section, you'll know that the space in my apartment is a major constraint for my desire to indulge in buying as many books as I'd like. As a result of that and several other factors, (read 'rat-race' to graduate, find a job and then keep the job and the above mentioned apartment) my reading suffered . You'd think if space at home was the problem, the simplest solution was to walk into a library and check out books like a normal person would. But no! My OCD to 'own' books overwhelmed and prevented me from being that sane.
Luckily for me, the digital age in books was blooming by then. So one day, I finally walked into a store to buy some books and ended up buying a Nook. My reason for this was somewhat (I'd like to believe, extremely well) thought out. See, Nook is a Barnes and Noble product. Its sales keep the beautiful places called bookstores alive (unlike sales of the Kindle or even printed books from this all-consuming black-hole of an online store, Amazon). Genius? I think so!
Unfortunately, I now find myself tearing an even bigger hole in my wallet (No, the free BnN gift cards from work don't cut it). Books that I genuinely love, must be available on my bookshelf, in their paperback (or even better hardcover) form. You think I have a bigger problem? I do too!
So far I have controlled that desire by glancing at my sorry little bookshelf every now and then. But the day I have my own house, will also be the day all common-sense goes out of the window. A window that perhaps looks like the one below.
So far I have controlled that desire by glancing at my sorry little bookshelf every now and then. But the day I have my own house, will also be the day all common-sense goes out of the window. A window that perhaps looks like the one below.
or.....
THIS!
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....Ok may be the second one's slightly more flamboyant, but here comes my personal favorite..
Tadaaaaa!!!
Tadaaaaa!!!
So much potential!
Some might argue, that if this same kind of reluctance to evolve towards writing onto paper had overwhelmed the early people, we'd still be chipping away at rocks with a chisel, or chalking stuff up on slate. Well, we all agree that lugging those things around wouldn't have been fun, don't we? Plus what with erosion, most of that hard-work would have gone to waste, anyway. So yeah, maybe there'll come a day when we completely give up paper! But until then, despite the fact that I am embracing the digital era, I still pledge to read the printed word.
i like the second book shelf (READ)!! Very aptly titled blog...Lets hope BnN comes out with a better Nook and blow the competition away !
ReplyDeletehaha! I really appreciate that you said that despite being a Kindle owner :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with the dilemma..love for paper book vs convenience of the digital age!!! :(
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