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“There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.”
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“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
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“..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information.”
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“(in response to the question: what do you think of e-books and Amazon’s Kindle?)
Those aren’t books. You can’t hold a computer in your hand like you can a book. A computer does not smell. There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt. A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it. You put it in your pocket and you walk with it. And it stays with you forever. But the computer doesn’t do that for you. I’m sorry.”
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Those aren’t books. You can’t hold a computer in your hand like you can a book. A computer does not smell. There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt. A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it. You put it in your pocket and you walk with it. And it stays with you forever. But the computer doesn’t do that for you. I’m sorry.”
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Dean’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dean’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,124 books
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133 friends
1,823 books
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104 friends
7 books
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11 friends
0 books
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10 friends
2 books
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59 friends
238 books
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54 friends
2 books
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365 friends
0 books
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19 friends
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