Kobo Keeper

I have recently entered the new-age of book reading! When e-readers first came out, I stamped my foot, pouted a little, and clutched my paper books tighter! What was the world coming to! The smell of a paperback, the feel of the pages in your hand, the handy size that is just right for carrying around. How can a techie little device be better?

With more and more books becoming available in electronic format, my book collection threatening to collapse onto my husband's head, and having seen one up close for the first time, I became curious.

My sister in law got a Kobo for Christmas, and I played around with it. With no instruction on how to use it, and having never touched one before, I actually found it very easy to navigate. When we returned home from our holidays, I checked out a few online reviews, and went to Chapters to see what all the fuss was about. After, I took a walk around the mall to think about it... $140 is a fair chuck of change, and the books are only a couple dollars cheaper in electronic format... saving money really isn't a factor here... But having (almost) any book I want available at the touch of a screen, and no increase to the already staggaring volume of boxes my books fill, I decided to take the plunge.

I carefully picked out a nice zippered pouch to keep my new Kobo in, and went to the counter to make my purchase. What a shock to find out that the little zippered pouch was $40!! Good grief! At that price, it had better be bullet proof! I left the store with just the solo Kobo. The next day, I went shopping again, in the hopes of finding a less expensive keeper for my Kobo. No such luck... Even for a thin slip cover, the lowest price I could find was $28... I may as well have spent for $40 for the zipper...

But wait... I have fabric... I have a sewing machine... I have a collection of zippers, buttons, velcro, snaps, and I know how to put it all together!! Jinkies! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to build a keeper (though the retail prices suggest otherwise...). I can have have a designer, one of a kind Kobo Keeper!

I know now what my next project will be.