Calling all robots to action!

Chi Cygni · 06-01-2012, 03:50 AM

Hey fellow MR robots! Bookstore owners are after our ereaders with their axes! My Kindle is currently hiding in the cupboard and shivering, poor thing is traumatised.

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Mr Addyman, 57, said: ‘Kindles have no place at this festival which is supposed to be a celebration of the written word – and books.'‘Booksellers here definitely want them banned. You see people walking around with Kindles and they are like robots in another world. ‘Books are sociable and people stop and talk to each other about them. Kindles are just a phase and they won’t last. They are our enemy.’ The father of two has been selling books for 25 years with his wife Anne, 49.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rts-event.html

I will need to oil my joints, they are squeaking a bit.

VaporPunk · 06-01-2012, 04:09 AM

Silly humans.

Honestly, I admire his passion and he is making a stand for what he thinks is right, so hats off. But get a grip, Kindles are not "the enemy". Anything that promotes reading and the spread of knowledge should be celebrated, not condemned.

Giggleton · 06-01-2012, 04:24 AM

Current ereaders are good enough to read on but they are definitely not even close to what they will become.

Funny comment about books being social communication objects, I mean in a sense yes, from author to reader, maybe book clubs and such. But books usually require a good portion of someone's attention when they are reading them.

kennyc · 06-01-2012, 06:53 AM

Phogg · 06-01-2012, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

So thats what happened to Aprilhare.

xg4bx · 06-01-2012, 08:06 AM

“The cinema is little more than a fad. It’s canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage.” -– Charlie Chaplin, actor, producer, director, and studio founder, 1916

“The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty – a fad.” — The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer, Horace Rackham, not to invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903

“Television won’t last. It’s a flash in the pan.” — Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio educational broadcasts, 1948.

steven522 · 06-01-2012, 08:28 AM

'Books are sociable and people stop and talk to each other about them.'

Then why is a book the first thing someone carries with them if they do not want to be bothered when travelling for some distance (plane/train/bus)?

Also, I have been in a room with other readers and we were all pretty much silent the entire time. I guess if we were attempting to all meet and read the exact same thing as if in a book club, it would be different, but wouldn't an ereader still work the same in this situation?

Rob Lister · 06-01-2012, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by VaporPunk

Silly humans.

Honestly, I admire his passion and he is making a stand for what he thinks is right, so hats off. But get a grip, Kindles are not "the enemy". Anything that promotes reading and the spread of knowledge should be celebrated, not condemned.

He is interested in the spread of knowledge only insofar as he can make a living doing it. I feel his pain. My buggy whip business is doing poorly too.

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‘You can’t lend a Kindle to a friend like you can with books. Kindles can’t be recycled like books. We have seen half a dozen bookshops go out of business this year.

And he is scared that he is next. He might be.

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‘Without the support of people going into these shops, we won’t have any independent sellers left in a few years.’

And that is mostly true. At best there will be few.

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Hay on TV, the town’s community video website, has been holding a debate on the merits of e-books

I predict that the debate will not end the 'trend'.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 06-01-2012, 08:36 AM

My Nook Color is ready to fend off any untoward advances... and my Droid is ready if it comes to close-quarters combat.

Of course... since I have those devices... I have no need to go to that festival. Problem solved.

I understand his need to rail at the thing he sees as likely ending his business sometime soon. It's never nice to be left behind (or run over) by progress. But I hope he's spending some time working on his exit strategy.

avantman42 · 06-01-2012, 09:30 AM

Mr Addyman really dislikes Kindles. In this video, he talks about how he told someone off for reading on a Kindle. He says that "I did refrain myself from grabbing hold of it and jumping up and down on it" and "the person holding it was quite lucky they escaped with their Kindle in one piece"

Ninjalawyer · 06-01-2012, 09:31 AM

Steven Lyle Jordan · 06-01-2012, 09:53 AM

Oh, those frightening Brits. I just don't know what I'd do if one of them pointed a waggling finger at me from across a street, threatened to apply their rights as British citizens to tell me off in a brisk fashion, pantomimed their fervent desire to stomp all over my Nook, then fell over with a heart attack after their bangers and mash breakfast.

Horrid. I may actually fail to doze off at work after seeing that vid.

RHWright · 06-01-2012, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by steven522

'Books are sociable and people stop and talk to each other about them.'

Then why is a book the first thing someone carries with them if they do not want to be bothered when travelling for some distance (plane/train/bus)?

Also, I have been in a room with other readers and we were all pretty much silent the entire time. I guess if we were attempting to all meet and read the exact same thing as if in a book club, it would be different, but wouldn't an ereader still work the same in this situation?

Besides which, I've had many more strangers approach me and engage in conversation about my ereader when I've been using/carrying it than I ever had when I've had a DTB in my hands.

I'd say that makes it more social. Now if I could just get people to stop referring to it as a "Kindle"...when it's a NOOK.

Stormchild · 06-01-2012, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan

Oh, those frightening Brits. I just don't know what I'd do if one of them pointed a waggling finger at me from across a street, threatened to apply their rights as British citizens to tell me off in a brisk fashion, pantomimed their fervent desire to stomp all over my Nook, then fell over with a heart attack after their bangers and mash breakfast.

Horrid. I may actually fail to doze off at work after seeing that vid.

Oi, don't tar us all with the same brush please.

dadioflex · 06-01-2012, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by steven522

Also, I have been in a room with other readers and we were all pretty much silent the entire time.

Was it a library? That'd be normal.

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06-01-2012, 04:09 AM	#2
VaporPunk Evangelist Posts: 409 Karma: 49204386 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Belgium Device: Kindle 4 + Asus Transformer	Silly humans. Honestly, I admire his passion and he is making a stand for what he thinks is right, so hats off. But get a grip, Kindles are not "the enemy". Anything that promotes reading and the spread of knowledge should be celebrated, not condemned.

06-01-2012, 04:24 AM	#3
Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	Current ereaders are good enough to read on but they are definitely not even close to what they will become. Funny comment about books being social communication objects, I mean in a sense yes, from author to reader, maybe book clubs and such. But books usually require a good portion of someone's attention when they are reading them.

06-01-2012, 06:53 AM	#4
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire

06-01-2012, 08:06 AM	#6
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	“The cinema is little more than a fad. It’s canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage.” -– Charlie Chaplin, actor, producer, director, and studio founder, 1916 “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty – a fad.” — The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer, Horace Rackham, not to invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903 “Television won’t last. It’s a flash in the pan.” — Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio educational broadcasts, 1948.

06-01-2012, 08:28 AM	#7
steven522 binomial: homo legentem Posts: 1,061 Karma: 25222222 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Alabama, USA Device: iriver Story HD; Archos 80 G9	'Books are sociable and people stop and talk to each other about them.' Then why is a book the first thing someone carries with them if they do not want to be bothered when travelling for some distance (plane/train/bus)? Also, I have been in a room with other readers and we were all pretty much silent the entire time. I guess if we were attempting to all meet and read the exact same thing as if in a book club, it would be different, but wouldn't an ereader still work the same in this situation?

06-01-2012, 08:36 AM	#9
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	My Nook Color is ready to fend off any untoward advances... and my Droid is ready if it comes to close-quarters combat. Of course... since I have those devices... I have no need to go to that festival. Problem solved. I understand his need to rail at the thing he sees as likely ending his business sometime soon. It's never nice to be left behind (or run over) by progress. But I hope he's spending some time working on his exit strategy.

06-01-2012, 09:30 AM	#10
avantman42 Wizard Posts: 1,090 Karma: 6058305 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Mr Addyman really dislikes Kindles. In this video, he talks about how he told someone off for reading on a Kindle. He says that "I did refrain myself from grabbing hold of it and jumping up and down on it" and "the person holding it was quite lucky they escaped with their Kindle in one piece"

06-01-2012, 09:53 AM	#12
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Oh, those frightening Brits. I just don't know what I'd do if one of them pointed a waggling finger at me from across a street, threatened to apply their rights as British citizens to tell me off in a brisk fashion, pantomimed their fervent desire to stomp all over my Nook, then fell over with a heart attack after their bangers and mash breakfast. Horrid. I may actually fail to doze off at work after seeing that vid.