I don't think analogizing Kindle to supermarkets is particularly apt. You can get meat, bananas, cereal, milk, coffee, etc., just as well at a supermarket as at a corner grocery. Some supermarkets emulate the corner grocery, e.g., Whole Foods markets, with which I am sure you are familiar. The two get morphedand are indistinguishable. Besides, how many people spend more than a couple of hours a week shopping fro food as opposed to the multiple hours a hefty tome requires in order to be read?
Ditto corks vs. screw caps. There is very limited text on a cork, nothing which interests me. They both perform the same function quite well. The sensory experience is essentially nil for both. I don't look forward to smelling the cork quite as much as I look forward to browsing at a bookstore. Besides, the cork is an adjunct to the wine, which is the main course. A book is a thing to itself, you must hold it to read the text. A cork gets pitched the minute the bottle is opened. You never see oenophiles oooh and aaah over a cork, do you? Of course not, their interest lies in the wine.
Reading a book while taking a bath is not analogous, either. You won't be taking a Kindle to the bath for fear of getting it wet. Unlike Kindles, books can be dried out and used again, depending on the extent of the damage. Unlike a Kindle, which will electrocute you should you drop it in the tub while it is still attached to the recharging unit, books will not kill you should you accidentally drop one into a full tub.
Perhaps you will order a Kindle and conduct a bathwater experiment on one. I can't wait to hear the results. Do not do this while recharging the device. |
