The Digital Reader

I noticed from the source that this is a couple weeks old, but I think it’s worth a repost.

The Bookavore blog have put together an ebook drinking game. Some of the rules are hilarious (I LOLed):

• “Will e-books wipe out/kill/decimate/pulverize/HULKSMASH/angry verb real books?” — one drink
• Above question is lede — one drink
• Every use of phrase “real book” — one drink
• Expert you’ve never heard of before predicting percentages — one drink
• Any predicted percentage of anything over 30% — one drink
• Any discussion of book world after 2020 — one drink
• “old-fashioned” — one drink
• Passionate defense of DRM — one drink
• Passionate defense of DRM from someone outside the publishing industry — one drink (of the blood of a sphinx) (mixed with the blood of a centaur)
• Assertion that e-book prices are too high, and will lower soon — one drink
• Assertion that e-book prices are too low, and will raise soon — one drink
• Article uses vague Amazon press release stats misleadingly — one drink
• “too soon to tell” — one drink
• “no matter what” — one drink
• “game-changer” — one drink
• “turn the page” used as a pun — one drink
• “turn the page” used as a pun in the headline — two drinks
• The words “cuddle” or “snuggle” used to describe reading habits — two drinks
• Reminder that some people read in the bathtub or on the beach and assertion that e-readers/physical books are superior in this regard — two drinks
• Journalist and/or someone interviewed acknowledges that hir habits might be damaging to an industry s/he loves but cannot bring self to change them — two drinks
• “smell of a real book” — clean out the liquor cabinet, drink until you pass out, wake up next morning, puke, then continue drinking