<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the feminist librarian]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://thefeministlibrarian.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Anna Clutterbuck-Cook]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefeministlibrarian.com/author/feministlib/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Ahem!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s an ad campaign up around Boston right now for Sony&#8217;s new electronic &#8220;book&#8221; device, extolling its virtues over the traditional printed word.  Here is my personal favorite:</p>
<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/fa8a5-sexier2.jpg"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/fa8a5-sexier2.jpg?w=300" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152548407300081730" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Like many great ideas, I suspect this particular ad campaign has one (or more) librarians behind it, since early versions of the ad simply read: </p>
<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/2cd08-sxier_lib1.jpg"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/2cd08-sxier_lib1.jpg?w=87" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152548677883021394" border="0" /></a><br />One can only imagine that members of my future profession had, shall we say, some constructive criticism for Sony&#8217;s PR firm.  I believe version 2.0 is greatly improved (though it still <b>doesn&#8217;t convince me that anything is sexier than a book</b>).</p>
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