It was my birthday a short while ago and I have a friend who just won't "get" e-readers, even though I've recommended that she try one. She's an avid reader herself and reads exactly the style of book given away by Baen.
Her argument is: she likes the feel of "real" books!
Okay, it's her prerogative. However, she knows how anti p-book I've become and I've told her over and over till she must be bored, that I can get any classic written in English if the author died over 50/70 years ago.
BUT SHE BUYS ME BOOKS!!!
How do you avoid hurting someone's feelings? She bought me, among other things, some Penguin Classics for my birthday, several of which I have on my reader or could easily download from MobileRead or ManyBooks. I smiled and thanked her and said nice things about the ones which are still in copyright; I know she had the best intentions.
But I've got floor to ceiling bookcases and bags of unread paperbacks!!
Now I have more.
Does anyone else have this particular difficulty, maybe with old aunts who don't understand these "new fangled things" so kindly buy you even more paperbacks? How do you deal with the problem? Smile and look happy? Or do you have some magic formula for getting the message across without hurting feelings?