When I Was A Kid: Book Edition

Books didn’t tell you how long it took to read a chapter.

You had to use a different book to look up a word.

If you wanted to tell people what you were reading, you had to tell them in person.

Books required buying furniture to store them.

If you wanted to read at night, you had to use a separate light.

Books were things that had weight.

Books had better formatting.

You could lend a book to anyone at any time.

Book covers were better.

If you wanted to keep a quote, you wrote it down.

You couldn’t enlarge the words in a book without a magnifying glass.

You had to use the typeface the book had.

You could actually donate a book to a public library.

You could re-sell a book.

Bookmarks were objects or strips of paper or a bent page corner.

Making a note required using a pen or pencil.

Highlights couldn’t be deleted.

A book couldn’t be searched by word.

We never knew how many words a book contained.

Books had page numbers you could find.

Footnotes were right there on the same page.

It was easier to flip through a book.

To see a part of a book you didn’t own, you had to go to a public library.

Your collection of books was at home and couldn’t be carried outside.

Free books were ones people put outside with the trash.

Publishers marketed books, not writers.

To buy a book or borrow it from a public library, you had to leave the house.

Who knew you could ever use a telephone to read a book?