{"id":61,"date":"2011-01-26T00:29:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T00:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microcosmpublishing.dev\/blog\/2011\/01\/photo-update-microcosm-exchanging-real-books-for-unwanted-kindles\/"},"modified":"2011-01-26T00:29:55","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T00:29:55","slug":"photo-update-microcosm-exchanging-real-books-for-unwanted-kindles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/photo-update-microcosm-exchanging-real-books-for-unwanted-kindles\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO UPDATE: MICROCOSM EXCHANGING REAL BOOKS FOR UNWANTED KINDLES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a quick update on our ongoing campaign wherein folks trade in Kindles for their price in books. Here&#8217;s the bounty scored by a zine lover in NYC when she traded her Kindle in! <\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alt text\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/images\/kindle.jpg\" \/>\n<p>ABOUT THE KINDLE EXCHANGE: Do you love print? Do you still read books? Did you get a Kindle for   Christmas? Do you want to trade in your soulless faux-literary   technology for its worth in good old fashioned<em> books<\/em>? Well,   friends, Microcosm Publishing&#8217;s got your back! Beginning RIGHT NOW you   can bring in your Christmas Kindle to the Microcosm store   in Portland (636 SE 11th) and trade it in for its worth in new or used   books and zines! That&#8217;s right! Why let fad technology kill print when   you can take a stand and fill up your shelves in the process. (Don&#8217;t   worry, we won&#8217;t tell your parents.) And make sure to bring a friend to   help you carry all your loot; most of the store&#8217;s books are priced in   the $2-$6 range so a $139-$189 trade-in (note: going retail for the   Kindle at Amazon&#8217;s site) you might be carrying your   books out in a fleet of wheelbarrows! <\/p>\n<p>On Amazon&#8217;s Kindle page you&#8217;ll be able to read glowing endorsements   like the following, &#8220;&#8221;My first impression of Kindle&#8217;s screen was:   &#8216;That&#8217;s a screen?! It   doesn&#8217;t look like a screen.&#8217;&#8230; It looks like a book page, only perfect.   No grain or pulp.&#8221;\u2014Jeremy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, you know what, Jeremy? We love the and grain and pulp. Long live the grain and pulp! Long live the PAGE.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for helping to keep print alive!<\/p>\n<p>Microcosm Publishing book and zine store<br \/>636 SE 11th<br \/>Portland, Or&nbsp;97214<br \/>11am-7pm,&nbsp;Seven days a week<br \/>503-232-3666<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#%21\/pages\/Microcosm-hQ-Store\/131220623559507\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/pages\/Microcosm-hQ-Store\/131220623559507<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a quick update on our ongoing campaign wherein folks trade in Kindles for their price in books. Here&#8217;s the bounty scored by a zine lover in NYC when she traded her Kindle in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto"],"my_excerpt":"<p>We have a quick update on our ongoing campaign wherein folks trade in Kindles for their price in books. Here's the bounty scored by a zine lover in NYC when she traded her Kindle in! <\/p><img alt=\"Alt text\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/images\/kindle.jpg\" \/><p>ABOUT THE KINDLE EXCHANGE: Do you love print? Do you still read books? Did you get a Kindle for   Christmas? Do you want to trade in your soulless faux-literary   technology for its worth in good old fashioned<em> books<\/em>? Well,   friends, Microcosm Publishing's got your back! Beginning RIGHT NOW you   can bring in your Christmas Kindle to the Microcosm store   in Portland (636 SE 11th) and trade it in for its worth in new or used   books and zines! That's right! Why let fad technology kill print when   you can take a stand and fill up your shelves in the process. (Don't   worry, we won't tell your parents.) And make sure to bring a friend to   help you carry all your loot; most of the store's books are priced in   the $2-$6 range so a $139-$189 trade-in (note: going retail for the   Kindle at Amazon's site) you might be carrying your   books out in a fleet of wheelbarrows! <\/p><p>On Amazon's Kindle page you'll be able to read glowing endorsements   like the following, \"\"My first impression of Kindle's screen was:   'That's a screen?! It   doesn't look like a screen.'... It looks like a book page, only perfect.   No grain or pulp.\"\u2014Jeremy.\"<\/p><p>Well, you know what, Jeremy? We love the and grain and pulp. Long live the grain and pulp! Long live the PAGE.<\/p><p>Thanks for helping to keep print alive!<\/p><p>Microcosm Publishing book and zine store<br \/>636 SE 11th<br \/>Portland, Or&nbsp;97214<br \/>11am-7pm,&nbsp;Seven days a week<br \/>503-232-3666<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#%21\/pages\/Microcosm-hQ-Store\/131220623559507\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/pages\/Microcosm-hQ-Store\/131220623559507<\/a><\/p>","my_excerpt_rendered":"<p>We have a quick update on our ongoing campaign wherein folks trade in Kindles for their price in books. Here&#8217;s the bounty scored by a zine lover in NYC when she traded her Kindle in! <\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alt text\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/images\/kindle.jpg\" \/>\n<p>ABOUT THE KINDLE EXCHANGE: Do you love print? Do you still read books? Did you get a Kindle for   Christmas? Do you want to trade in your soulless faux-literary   technology for its worth in good old fashioned<em> books<\/em>? Well,   friends, Microcosm Publishing&#8217;s got your back! Beginning RIGHT NOW you   can bring in your Christmas Kindle to the Microcosm store   in Portland (636 SE 11th) and trade it in for its worth in new or used   books and zines! That&#8217;s right! Why let fad technology kill print when   you can take a stand and fill up your shelves in the process. (Don&#8217;t   worry, we won&#8217;t tell your parents.) And make sure to bring a friend to   help you carry all your loot; most of the store&#8217;s books are priced in   the $2-$6 range so a $139-$189 trade-in (note: going retail for the   Kindle at Amazon&#8217;s site) you might be carrying your   books out in a fleet of wheelbarrows! <\/p>\n<p>On Amazon&#8217;s Kindle page you&#8217;ll be able to read glowing endorsements   like the following, &#8220;&#8221;My first impression of Kindle&#8217;s screen was:   &#8216;That&#8217;s a screen?! It   doesn&#8217;t look like a screen.&#8217;&#8230; It looks like a book page, only perfect.   No grain or pulp.&#8221;\u2014Jeremy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, you know what, Jeremy? We love the and grain and pulp. Long live the grain and pulp! 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