By: Aug 1st, 2010 2:39pm « Mike Cane's Tumblr Evac

Aug 1st, 2010 2:39pm « Mike Cane's Tumblr Evac — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:56:26 +0000

[...] 1st, 2010 2:39pm Don’t Really Care About Touch Screens or Color | Conversational Reading I wonder how many readers out there are like me and don’t have much interest in a color/touch [...]

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:21:41 +0000

Scott, when you mentioned Bleak House as an example of a summer reading project, I nearly recommended Our Mutual Friend as an alternative. I think it’s better, and will admit that I found it through the glowing recommendation of Italo Calvino. Regarding the new Kindle, this is the first one that actually caught my eye, and that I would consider purchasing. The lack of color, though, definitely annoys me. I notice that one of the free classic novel downloads for Kindle is R.L. Stevenson’s Treasure Island – which has those incredible illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. Seeing those in black and white just wouldn’t be the same (I’ve learned from looking for Wyeth prints online that the color quality really makes a difference.) I remember getting turned on to Conan Doyle’s The White Company and Stevenson’s Kidnapped in large part because of Wyeth’s illustrations, so for me it amounts to an abridged version of the novel to see it in black and white. But the touch screen I can do without.

By: p.t.smith

p.t.smith — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:26:04 +0000

Okay, now all I want is for my mail to be delivered by a post office pony. Thanks for that.

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