08-24-2010, 05:24 PM | #1 | |
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Kobo sending 150 readers to Canadian troops
The Kobo blog has an entry today talking about the readers they are sending to be enjoyed by Canadian troops. See: http://blog.kobobooks.com/2010/08/24...sforthetroops/
They are including a selection of non-public domain books and would like suggestions as to what they should be. The suggestions should be sent as comments to the Kobo blog. From the blog entry: Quote:
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08-24-2010, 06:28 PM | #2 |
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only 150? i know it's a nice gesture and all but that number sounds cheap...
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08-24-2010, 06:55 PM | #3 |
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Hopefully the troups won't want to purchase any new books because the international restrictions will prevent it. I think it would have been a more useful gesture to send 15o paperbooks to be passed around after use instead of just 150 people being able to read.
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08-24-2010, 07:18 PM | #4 |
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FWIW: there are currently 2830 Canadian troops in Afghanistan. I don't know how many libraries are maintained for them (note the Kobos are going to the libraries, not individual soldiers). There will be 1 Kobo for approximately every 18 soldiers.
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08-24-2010, 09:06 PM | #5 |
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I think it is fantastic! Well done Kobo! Even if it is "only" 150 how many has the other manufacturers sent to their troops?
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08-25-2010, 09:44 AM | #6 |
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Which, from what I've seen, would be about right the number given what a small percentage of the population actually reads for pleasure.
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08-25-2010, 09:59 AM | #7 |
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Sounds like a reasonable percentage to me!
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08-25-2010, 01:03 PM | #8 |
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"All quiet on the western front" would be good. Also Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter House Five or Hocus Pocus. Also Haldeman's the "Forever War."
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08-25-2010, 01:25 PM | #9 |
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Kobo does not produce hard copy books, but how generous to do something when lots of people do nothing! Why would Kobo send hard copy books when they don't even sell them?
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You are right. It was a good thing. Sorry for the negative take I gave it.
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08-25-2010, 08:09 PM | #11 |
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Kudos to Kobo for supporting our troops! I think the devices will be welcome diversions.
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08-25-2010, 08:58 PM | #12 |
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Kobo to Kanucks...
Recommended Reading:
Public Domain (?): Steven Leacock, Robert Service More Recent: The complete works of: Pierre Berton Farley Mowat (OK, so I like history and humour, I'm a typical Canuck.) Morton Desmond: A short history of Canada Joy Kogawa: Obaasan Charlie Farquharson's Histry of Canada (no spelling error - honest) Assorted Books by Charles De Lint, Tanya Huff and Cory Doctorow Adventures in Eating: Haines & Sammells (ed.) Various finalists from the Giller prize. Last edited by Greyghost; 08-25-2010 at 09:14 PM. Reason: Added more |
08-25-2010, 11:03 PM | #13 |
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I think this is great!
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08-25-2010, 11:13 PM | #14 |
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Greyghost, if I had nothing but Canadiana to read I'd poke my eyes out.
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08-25-2010, 11:14 PM | #15 |
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...or put the Kobo on a land mine.
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