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I own neither a Kindle nor a Nook, which is a remarkable feat of endurance and restraint, considering that I was an English major and still really, really like to read.

While reading this NPR comparison of the two devices, I detoured into land of e-book covers.  Jonathan Adler’s bold ampersand sheathes the Nook, while Etsy’s pretty much got the Kindle covered:  check out this adorably bookish hardback case.

So help me out, dear readers; if I take the plunge, which e-reader should I get?

(ETA: for an interesting financial consideration of e-books vs the paper versions, click here.)

How I wish I’d come up with that title, and its premise:  once a month for six months, Ladies and Gentlemen will ship you a vintage children’s book, for your entertainment and edification.

A subscription will set you back $100.  Nostalgia?  It ain’t cheap.

Behold the Chronicle Books twice-yearly blowout sale.  Until August 5th, you can score 35% off plus free shipping (um, yes please!) on all purchases by entering code FRIENDS at checkout.

Moleskine and big, chunky tomes on strange animals, here I come.  I’m off to spend the rest of my day with my nose (and mouse) buried in the virtual stacks.

And you’re going to have to page through her 83647 books to find it.

(Bonus points for the fact that it’s cloaked in a book entitled “Profitable Real Estate.”)

For the life of me, I can’t figure out why this McSweeney’s bundle–featuring the hilarious, illustrated Noisy Outlaws and the thoughtful, unillustrated Future Dictionary of America–is only $9.  Plus, you get a free CD, with rarities from R.E.M., Tom Waits, David Byrne, Death Cab for Cutie, and Elliott Smith.

But hey!  Why I am complaining?  I think that’s what the Future Dictionary would call “ungrateful.”