Oops. Please excuse me. A little crowded here on the shelf, and I didn’t see you sitting there beside me. Bit on the skinny side, aren’t you? I almost squashed you! So sorry.

Only 10.2 ounces, you say? Very impressive for a greeting card. What? You say that you are not a greeting card. You’re …? Can you repeat that a little slower? You are a wireless reading device.

My, oh my, oh my.

Well, Mr. Reading Device, if I may call you that, most pleased to meet you. I should probably introduce myself as well. My name is East of Eden. I was written by John Steinbeck way back in … let me flip through and check my copyright page. Well … what do you know! Way back in 1952.

And, you, Mr. Reading Device? If I may inquire, which book are you?

Excuse me? I seem to be having problems hearing today. Would you repeat that, please? WHAT? You say that you are not only one book, you are 1,500 books, and that one of them is my book, East of Eden? My, oh my, oh my.

Yes. Yes. I hear you. And I repeat, I am most impressed. You say you have a battery charge that lasts seven days. I, alas, have no battery at all. I am just ink and paper between two hard covers with rather a nice book jacket, if I say so myself.