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February 07, 2011

Smaller than a Kindle and you get movies too....

From View From the Ledge via Nicholas Bate:

Feb 7, 2011 3:24:05 PM | Libraries, Public Libraries, Reading

2 Comments

lol, the joke's on her. that little girl probably jailbroke her Kindle weeks ago and jacked her local library's entire collection to upload to her public fileshare.

Posted by: Benhamish | February 14, 2011 at 11:44 PM

I get it, but these kind of cartoons do make the library-card side seem a bit patronizing, no?

First off, a library card is not a device.

Second, my cell phone will soon be about the size of a library card.

Third, the paltry collection that ebook vendors offer and the weird check-out "limits" that library patrons get from them are nothing compared to what's available for ebook readers. The only benefit is that it's free.

Fourth, comparing a library card with a Kindle is like comparing a television and a Blockbuster card. The card itself does nothing.

It's a good thing that this is a one-panel cartoon and that the little girl looks too polite to tell that lady a little something.

Posted by: Socrates | February 19, 2011 at 06:00 PM

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