I'm not convinced that the smell of books is all that seductive. Instead, I tend to think of the time I unwrapped a three-volume set of the Betsy Wynne diaries, kept during the Napoleonic Wars. I had paid out big bucks for this rare publication: Betsy was of intense interest, because she was newly married to Captain Thomas Fremantle, and on board the frigate Inconstant when Horatio Nelson was carried on board with a gravely wounded arm. The arm (his right) had to be amputated, and Betsy nursed him back to health and future fame.
But when I opened the package -- oh boy. Whoever had pre-owned the set had been a chain smoker. Until the set was well aired (it took about a year), I couldn't bear to read it, as just a few pages would have me sneezing and set my eyes to streaming. What a pain!
So I could have done with the following product, perhaps, though who knows what it would have done to mere paper?
An aerosol e-book enhancer
The smell of e-books just got better
Does your Kindle leave you feeling like there’s something missing from your reading experience?Have you been avoiding e-books because they just don’t smell right?
If you’ve been hesitant to jump on the e-book bandwagon, you’re not alone. Book lovers everywhere have resisted digital books because they still don’t compare to the experience of reading a good old fashioned paper book.
But all of that is changing thanks to Smell of Books™, a revolutionary new aerosol e-book enhancer.
Now you can finally enjoy reading e-books without giving up the smell you love so much. With Smell of Books™ you can have the best of both worlds, the convenience of an e-book and the smell of your favorite paper book.
Smell of Books™ is compatible with a wide range of e-reading devices and e-book formats and is 100% DRM-compatible. Whether you read your e-books on a Kindle or an iPhone using Stanza, Smell of Books™ will bring back that real book smell you miss so much.
Is it a joke? Presumably -- but who knows?
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