Or, you know, you could buy him an actual book. He wouldn’t be able to press a few buttons and buy something else to read, but he’d be able to lift it to his face and the pages would gradually start smelling different the older the book got. He wouldn’t be able to be nondescript about what he was reading (thus enabling him to read Danielle Steel on the train, if he wanted to) but he might strike up a conversation with a stranger who read. And maybe the book might be heavy, but that can be comforting sometimes - it’s nice to feel that weight in your bag and know that all day, you aren’t going to be understimulated or bored. All day, you’re going to be looking for little pockets of free time so you can read. You could even buy a couple of books for Dad, and unlike the Kindle, they would all be different sizes and you could arrange them however you wanted on the shelf. Some of the books might even be older and have those pages that are each a different size. And if Dad was tired of using gadgets all day, he could take a break from them, instead of staring at yet another screen when he sat down with a book. But maybe Dad wouldn’t think this was a very good idea, and maybe he would Google “Advantages of Using the Kindle” and come up with this. He would see that the Kindle also comes with apps, Google calendar, Google maps, photo storage, and Minesweeper. And if your Dad is the kind of person who has always thought, “Hey, I’m reading this book but I REALLY WISH I COULD BE PLAYING MINESWEEPER,” then sure, go ahead and purchase that Kindle. But if you do, don’t buy him bookshelves, because he won’t need them. He can rest his entire book collection on a coffee table or a nightstand or the back of a toilet. No one can walk around and browse through it but hey, he has Google maps on that thing! But that’s really the whole thing. If I had to sum up my distaste for the Kindle in one sentence, that’s what it would be: If everyone keeps snapping up Kindles, we won’t need bookshelves. How could anyone want to live in a world without bookshelves? (via waitingonsunshine) An eReader for my Dad? Haha, preposterous. Minesweeper for the win!

Or, you know, you could buy him an actual book. He wouldn’t be able to press a few buttons and buy something else to read, but he’d be able to lift it to his face and the pages would gradually start smelling different the older the book got. He wouldn’t be able to be nondescript about what he was reading (thus enabling him to read Danielle Steel on the train, if he wanted to) but he might strike up a conversation with a stranger who read. And maybe the book might be heavy, but that can be comforting sometimes - it’s nice to feel that weight in your bag and know that all day, you aren’t going to be understimulated or bored. All day, you’re going to be looking for little pockets of free time so you can read.

You could even buy a couple of books for Dad, and unlike the Kindle, they would all be different sizes and you could arrange them however you wanted on the shelf. Some of the books might even be older and have those pages that are each a different size. And if Dad was tired of using gadgets all day, he could take a break from them, instead of staring at yet another screen when he sat down with a book.

But maybe Dad wouldn’t think this was a very good idea, and maybe he would Google “Advantages of Using the Kindle” and come up with this. He would see that the Kindle also comes with apps, Google calendar, Google maps, photo storage, and Minesweeper. And if your Dad is the kind of person who has always thought, “Hey, I’m reading this book but I REALLY WISH I COULD BE PLAYING MINESWEEPER,” then sure, go ahead and purchase that Kindle.

But if you do, don’t buy him bookshelves, because he won’t need them. He can rest his entire book collection on a coffee table or a nightstand or the back of a toilet. No one can walk around and browse through it but hey, he has Google maps on that thing!

But that’s really the whole thing. If I had to sum up my distaste for the Kindle in one sentence, that’s what it would be: If everyone keeps snapping up Kindles, we won’t need bookshelves.

How could anyone want to live in a world without bookshelves?

(via waitingonsunshine)

An eReader for my Dad? Haha, preposterous. Minesweeper for the win!