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bvf

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35. Kindles are fire- and waterproof?

Reply to whatthehey (Reply #30)

Thu Apr 16, 2015, 11:51 PM

Apr 2015

Books don't break if you drop them, and don't need to be recharged.

Kindles can't be stolen or vandalized?

I have next to me right now a treasured novel that I just retrieved from the bookshelf it's been sitting on--untouched--for a decade. I didn't have to plug it in to read it. BTW, it's a first edition, and autographed by the author.

That means something to me.

E-readers are impermanent toys.

And you can plant trees.

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And that's fine Fearless Apr 2015 #27

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