Ebook Reading Gifts

'You can't tell a book by its cover, or a reading tablet by its high contrast, no-glare touch screen.'

Gen-Next Library

"I give up. Where's the power button?"

'Charlotte's Website' ('The children's book classic rewritten for the electronic era!')

"Yep, I've read this chapter before."

Two Generations of Readers

'E-books?'

'It was a real scroller. I couldn't put down my screen.'

Books: Soon to be made into a major computer App.

'Read any good Apps lately?'

"I got tired of 'Moby-Dick' taunting me from my bookshelf, so I put it on my Kindle and haven't thought of it since."

Large print e-book.

I just reread a great book I downloaded from Amazon about five years ago. You rekindled an old relationship!

"Personally, I loved your novel. Unfortunately, our e-book editor says it just doesn't work on the little screen!"

'Apparently it downloads data to your brain.'

'Nothing's more romantic than dinner by kindle light.'

'Could you just e-mail me your electronic book with signature, please?'

"I guess that's the place for people too poor to afford a kindle, huh dad?"

Old Book Smell

"Speed reader...?"

Is it a book? A film? A TV show? How do you mime a podcast?

"Can you sign this copy I downloaded off the internet?"

'An ebook! What are you reading?' 'Against technology: From the Luddites to neo-Luddism.'

'I want to buy a self help eBook. Can you help me to download it to my eBook reader?'

"When did you first become interested in e-publishing?"

'You were a book all along.'

The dead sea scrolls

'You're charged with 10 counts of cyber crime. We're going to throw the kindle at you. . .'

Whoa, easy on the details, brother! This may be shrunk down for an e-book someday.

"I just dusted off all our books. Apparently, we haven't read a book offline in a long time."

Bookshop: Closed, Coming Soon Here Internet Cafe.

Book

"I want to be upfront. At this point, I'm only looking for a casual hookup of Frankenstein."

Dad... this 'Book' thingy - where do you plug it in?

"Today we learn all about books. Does everyone have their tablets?"