{"id":2173,"date":"2011-01-24T09:41:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gertrudeandalice.com\/blog\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2011-11-16T09:40:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T17:40:36","slug":"the-kindle-ization-of-gertrudeandalice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gertrudeandalice.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/24\/the-kindle-ization-of-gertrudeandalice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kindle-ization of GertrudeandAlice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gift giving holiday season \u00a0drew \u00a0to a close several weeks ago with Epiphany, \u00a0January 6th, the day that according to legend the Magi arrived to give the Christ child their gifts. Two of the regal visitors brought somewhat useless gifts,\u00a0frankincense\u00a0and myrrh, and one gift, that small chest of gold, must have come in handy for his young, homeless parents. But come to think of it, all three gifts were far more useful than the 12 lords a-leaping that end that dreadful “Twelve Days of Christmas” dirge!<\/p>\n

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The Epiphany a la Lego!<\/p><\/div>\n

Although this year’s holiday “must-have” electronic devices proved to be diverse, from this “I-thing” to that “I-thing,” one of the best-selling, non-I-things, was amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader.<\/p>\n

The Kindle I have was handed down to me when an I-Pad entered our household. (The days of hand-me-down itchy sweaters or too short\u00a0corduroy\u00a0 pants are long gone!)<\/p>\n

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It takes a bit of getting used to reading a book on the Kindle and I am just now reading my second book on it. \u00a0What I’ve discovered is that it is not so much the device that prevents me from wanting to read a book on it, it is just getting into the habit of picking up the device rather \u00a0than picking up a book when you’re in the mood to read. \u00a0Once you pick up the Kindle and begin reading, there’s no problem.<\/p>\n

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a book by any other name...<\/p><\/div>\n

The cost of buying a book to instantly download on your Kindle is considerably less than buying the actual book, though the cost has steadily increased since amazon.com first launched the Kindle and it was a pleasant surprise when I discovered a few months ago that GertrudeandAlice books had joined the Kindle library.<\/p>\n

Currently on amazon.com there are 26 books by or about GertrudeandAlice ranging in price from $.00 to $16.49. \u00a0In some cases there are multiple editions of the same book at different prices.<\/p>\n

One of the amazing things about acquiring books via Kindle is that there are some that cost nothing. \u00a0These are usually, but not always, books that are in the public domain. The following free Gertrude Stein downloads are available for the Kindle:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Three Lives<\/strong>, Stein’s first book published in 1909<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tender Buttons <\/strong>first published in 1914<\/p>\n

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Tender Buttons on the Kindle, page 1<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tender Buttons, the real thing!<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2022 and\u00a0Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein <\/strong>self-published by GertrudeandAlice in 1931.<\/p>\n

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MP&GS, the real thing!<\/p><\/div>\n

Another early work Geography and Play<\/strong>s (1922) is available for $.99.<\/p>\n

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas <\/strong>(1933) costs $9.69 while the most expensive download \u00a0is A Natural History of Pragmatism: The Fact of Feeling from Jonathan Edwards to Gertrude Stein <\/strong>(2007) by Joan Richardson which is a bargain at $16.49 considering that the hardcover edition sells for $118!<\/p>\n

Monique Truong’s novel about GertrudeandAlice and their Vietnamese chef, The Book of Salt<\/strong> (2003), may be read on the Kindle for $9.54 and one book, Lonelyhearts Pawn Shop <\/strong>(2006) <\/strong>by Susan Smith Nash must have made the list because in the book’s blurb it is described as “Tender Buttons for the 21st century.”<\/p>\n

For GertrudeandAlice, finding publishers and an audience for Gertrude’s early books was a challenge. I think that both of them would be thrilled to see that now these books may be acquired within seconds and even though they too are not generating any income, just like their early publishing efforts, they can reach both new and old fans alike.<\/p>\n

Alice once commented that Gertrude liked books that would easily fit into the pockets of her jackets or vests since she could then take them with her anywhere and could read them whenever she wanted. \u00a0The Kindle, even the smaller version, may be a bit large for Gertrude’s pockets, but then again, had Alice given her a Kindle during the holidays, I’m sure Alice would have also made sure that the pockets on future vests and jackets would accommodate it – Alice was that kind of \u00a0Kindle partner!<\/p>\n

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