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I love ebooks, say what you may, there is no beati...

2009-11-09T06:07:20.000+01:00

I love ebooks, say what you may, there is no beating the convenience of buying and owning books on the Kindle. The touchy feeliness of books is great, but I care more for the contents of the book and if I can pull out a book on my tiny iPod kindle app when I am waiting at the doctor's or at my kid's tennis class, there is nothing like having a choice of books to read all in a small device. Also save some trees in the process.

What would really be neat is to have kindle books in all languages, so that buying french books from amazon.fr is a breeze instead of paying hefty fees for shipping and waiting for days for them to arrive.

Glad you liked the ideas of Books For Treats! I st...

2009-11-08T21:28:24.710+01:00

Glad you liked the ideas of Books For Treats! I stared it in 2001 after I'd gotten such good response to my own trick or treaters for 5 years. Yes, kids love to pick a book for their treat -- and their parents love it to!

If you'd like to give books to your trick-or-treaters, we have a free downloadable kit for how to do it at www.BooksForTreats.org

Rebecca Morgan
Founder, Books For Treats

A kindle would be good for travel as has been ment...

2009-11-07T12:17:10.937+01:00

A kindle would be good for travel as has been mentioned before, but call me old fashioned................
Maybe books won't completely disappear seeing as we all feel the same.

Oh I hope books don't disappear. I love technolog...

2009-11-04T13:14:04.959+01:00

Oh I hope books don't disappear. I love technology. But I have a real love affair with books. Love holding one and turning the pages.

I haven't purchased a Kindle, although was sorely ...

2009-11-04T04:40:41.324+01:00

I haven't purchased a Kindle, although was sorely tempted. I've learned with new technology to wait until the 3rd or 4th edition of things when the price goes down and the bugs are worked out :-). But, I did get the iPhone app for Kindle and downloaded a book. I was surprised how readable it was even on a tiny iPhone screen. I'm sure the Kindle is a pleasure in comparison, but the iPhone ap works fine for me. I'm with Petrea, in that libraries and bookstores are fave haunts that I couldn't live without.

ETSuzy, I had one of those kids, too. We found great success in trying a variety of things out of her comfort zone if we engaged her in helping prepare them. Moosewood has a cook book for kids that she adored. A few of her school friends' parents were chefs or in the restaurant business in Berkeley, so when she went to sleepovers she got an eyeful of what good food can be and got interested in trying everything. Good luck!
-Kim

Ooh, Suzy can I try?! : ) Hmm - maybe even 2 or ...

2009-11-04T00:04:05.093+01:00

Ooh, Suzy can I try?! : ) Hmm - maybe even 2 or 3 of those things?!! Recesssion and all, you know! ; )

Jeff, my youngest has never been to France. She's ...

2009-11-03T23:01:39.429+01:00

Jeff, my youngest has never been to France. She's perpetually "in training" for it though. If you could her to try any of those things before we go, I will pay you $1000. Cash.

Carrie, I don't blame you. Awful awful things in that movie.

Wait until you see Microsoft's Secret Tablet.

2009-11-03T22:45:14.139+01:00

Wait until you see Microsoft's Secret Tablet.

Suzy, I leave this to you, but maybe you can get h...

2009-11-03T20:18:07.695+01:00

Suzy, I leave this to you, but maybe you can get him not to succumb by watching a quick rental of Supersize Me.

I say it because, for me, at least, after watching it, I could never go back in again.

I'm afraid I have to agree about the McDouvre.

2009-11-03T20:01:55.400+01:00

I'm afraid I have to agree about the McDouvre.

OMG, Suzy, you feed McD to your child here? Pas t...

2009-11-03T19:50:56.249+01:00

OMG, Suzy, you feed McD to your child here? Pas tartare et pommes frites? Pas croque monsieur? Baguette et Bologne sandwich?

Jeff, I heard about that McD's opening up at the L...

2009-11-03T18:53:34.287+01:00

Jeff, I heard about that McD's opening up at the Louvre. The smell alone will kill the upscale atmosphere. Isn't there a satisfying alternative out there?

My husband was devastated to see a McDonald's erected in the town where he was born - Neufchateau. He refuses to patronize it of course, but I'm guessing he'll succumb when we bring our youngest daughter to France and she refuses to eat anything else.

I also love the feel of a book in my hand. But......

2009-11-03T18:40:09.363+01:00

I also love the feel of a book in my hand. But...

Be it stone, parchment, a book or the kindle. It's really about reading, enjoying a story, the ability to learning something new or something from the past. That is what is important here.

I believe any thing that allows or encourages a child or any age group to read is a very good thing.

Past to present to future... change.

Jeff, people still write notes [a phone number or an e-address]. Maybe not in the margin of a book, but instead in the comments section of a blog. Electronics are not so bad, otherwise how would you meet all these wonderful people of PDP? I can imagine people in the past saying "Why cut down a beautiful tree {for paper} for a book?". Lol.

It's all in how you look at it. The message is still there, just the form has changed. There is noting wrong with the kindle if it gets people reading again. ~V

You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something. ~H.G. Wells

I'm with you, Jeff. Seriously, is nothing sacred?...

2009-11-03T17:39:38.083+01:00

I'm with you, Jeff. Seriously, is nothing sacred??

Ok, maybe I missed the PDP discussion of this, but...

2009-11-03T17:30:42.732+01:00

Ok, maybe I missed the PDP discussion of this, but what about the new McDonald's in the Carrousel du Louvre? A story I read referred to the possible smell of fried food wafting into the museum, under the Mona Lisa's nose.

I'm glad to see there will always be booklovers li...

2009-11-03T17:25:48.821+01:00

I'm glad to see there will always be booklovers like myself :-) I just may buy a kindle for travel and reading in bed (on my back, always holding up heavy books).

One of my treasured possessions is a copy of Jane Eyre purchased at the Puces des Vanvres for 1E.

And great results on the poll! All my picks were winners! Can't wait for the calendar :-)

I may be a Luddite, but can you write notes in the...

2009-11-03T17:16:30.311+01:00

I may be a Luddite, but can you write notes in the margin of an electronic device? Toss the thing into your suitcase from across the room? Write the phone number or e-address of the person you met sitting at the next table? Can you keep your postcards in a Kindle? Does a paper book contain heavy metals that are 'distilled' over a campfire by Chinese villagers living in poverty whose local officials take money for dumping of electronics? How many electonic gizmos do I need? We buy too much crap already.

I don't think book will disappear, but newspapers?...

2009-11-03T15:41:10.385+01:00

I don't think book will disappear, but newspapers? Oh, I love holding a copy of The Guardian or The Observer under my arm. Good photo.

Greetings from London.

...bigger. So, we...

2009-11-03T15:33:51.637+01:00

*...bigger. So, we...*

I wondered the same thing, Lynn. Kindle has the sa...

2009-11-03T15:32:17.153+01:00

I wondered the same thing, Lynn. Kindle has the same meaning here in the US - to start or begin something that may grow bigger, so we can kindle a fire or a romance! I only know it as a verb.

No to the kindle! It's a debate we already had her...

2009-11-03T13:46:26.840+01:00

No to the kindle! It's a debate we already had here but I didn't change my mind, I WILL NEVER exchange my good old book, used, sticky or falling apart for a Kindle!!

And I hope we will always be able to buy books in bookshops, and even more to find books in the streets. It's such a great feeling when you find exactly the book you want around the corner, after having been looking for it in each library of Paris... ;)

Kindling in the UK is small pieces of wood to star...

2009-11-03T12:25:29.247+01:00

Kindling in the UK is small pieces of wood to start off your fire. How have they chosen kindle as a name for this thing? What does it mean elsewhere in the world?

A wonderful shot. I can smell the books. Don't hav...

2009-11-03T10:17:38.494+01:00

A wonderful shot. I can smell the books.
Don't have a Kindle yet but am wanting one, yet that doesn't make sense since I love books. Our local library has recently instituted a new e-book "check-out" using Sony's product. I guess Amazon isn't allowing Kindle into the library scene, understandable since it's been in competition with libraries since its inception!

I love all the colors of the books. Books at a br...

2009-11-03T08:47:37.472+01:00

I love all the colors of the books. Books at a brocante are just dreamy.

Barnes & Noble just unveiled "the nook," the company's plan to "one-up" the Kindle. However, I don't know whether they have any plans to sell nooks in France.

I'm all for finding ways to encourage reading, but I need to see and touch books. I do hope that books and bookshops endure forever.

I think a kindle is good for traveling, so you don...

2009-11-03T06:25:42.168+01:00

I think a kindle is good for traveling, so you don't have to carry a lot of books. But there's nothing like a library or a bookshop.

I couldn't make the survey work yesterday, Eric. Is it too late to vote for the boy in the fountain spray? I love that one.