Comments on: Sony Insults Librarians; Moves to Cut off Nose http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/ Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wyoming Brings the Sexy Back to Reading | Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-78098 Wyoming Brings the Sexy Back to Reading | Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:00:33 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-78098 [...] week, there was an ad by Sony for the new Sony Reader that read “Sony. Sexier than a Librarian.” Today, Angela James [...] [...] week, there was an ad by Sony for the new Sony Reader that read “Sony. Sexier than a Librarian.” Today, Angela James [...]

]]> By: Ann Bruce http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-75164 Ann Bruce Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:47:11 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-75164

“Why deal with your broken computer yourself? It’s not like we can get a date.�

In the words of the imitable Weird Al: “Never had a date/That you couldn’t inflate”

]]> By: Rebecca Goings http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74877 Rebecca Goings Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:30:50 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74877 Sexier than a paperback. Sexier than this ad. No, really. lol ~~Becka Sexier than a paperback.

Sexier than this ad. No, really.

lol

~~Becka

]]> By: bam http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74838 bam Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:35:52 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74838 Sexier than your mom... Sexier than your mom…

]]> By: Jackie L. http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74824 Jackie L. Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:07:51 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74824 My son used to work in the Geek Squad, right next to a sign that read, "Why deal with your broken computer yourself? It's not like we can get a date." This, my friends, is GEEK HUMOR. My son used to work in the Geek Squad, right next to a sign that read, “Why deal with your broken computer yourself? It’s not like we can get a date.” This, my friends, is GEEK HUMOR.

]]> By: Kathryn Lively http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74811 Kathryn Lively Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:32:38 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74811 So easy a caveman can do it. Maybe librarians will get their own show from this, too. So easy a caveman can do it.

Maybe librarians will get their own show from this, too.

]]> By: Wendy http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74738 Wendy Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:30:48 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74738 Jane and Sherry - your checks are in the mail ;-) Picking on the librarian stereotype is shooting fish in a barrel - you'd think their marketing department could have come up with something better. My suggestion? Sony Reader, Your Bedroom Just Got Sexier. Jane and Sherry – your checks are in the mail ;-)

Picking on the librarian stereotype is shooting fish in a barrel – you’d think their marketing department could have come up with something better. My suggestion? Sony Reader, Your Bedroom Just Got Sexier.

]]> By: Kaz Augustin http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74667 Kaz Augustin Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:46:47 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74667 Teddy, did you say NON-TOUCH? Oh, that's just plain inexcusable. It really irks me that they can have absolutely amazing whizz-bangs for their domestic market, but the international market always seems to get the dregs. There's a cultural mindset here I'm not liking too much. And I'm still holding out on my opinion of their CEO, Sir Howard Stringer. Yeah, okay, he can swim with the sharks at TV networks, but he's still yet to impress me as CEO of Sony. I'm sick of marketing/publicity chumps heading up technical companies. Teddy, did you say NON-TOUCH? Oh, that’s just plain inexcusable. It really irks me that they can have absolutely amazing whizz-bangs for their domestic market, but the international market always seems to get the dregs. There’s a cultural mindset here I’m not liking too much.

And I’m still holding out on my opinion of their CEO, Sir Howard Stringer. Yeah, okay, he can swim with the sharks at TV networks, but he’s still yet to impress me as CEO of Sony. I’m sick of marketing/publicity chumps heading up technical companies.

]]> By: sherry thomas http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74560 sherry thomas Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:22:17 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74560 I, too, have witnessed the hotness that is SuperLibrarian. And no measly handheld device could come close to comparison. I, too, have witnessed the hotness that is SuperLibrarian. And no measly handheld device could come close to comparison.

]]> By: TeddyPig http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74518 TeddyPig Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:13:46 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74518 It's just a dang OVERPRICED grey scale non-touch screen with very little memory and some chintzy plastic buttons. A prehistoric refresh rate that reminds me of a Commodore CPM green screen. 55.00 to get a 2 gig card for the dang thing. I am sorry but the non-touch screen just seemed silly in this day and age of the iPhone. Oh and they have a whole BART station walls, stairs, poles, covered in this advert I pass through everyday. It’s just a dang OVERPRICED grey scale non-touch screen with very little memory and some chintzy plastic buttons. A prehistoric refresh rate that reminds me of a Commodore CPM green screen.

55.00 to get a 2 gig card for the dang thing.

I am sorry but the non-touch screen just seemed silly in this day and age of the iPhone.

Oh and they have a whole BART station walls, stairs, poles, covered in this advert I pass through everyday.

]]> By: RfP http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74487 RfP Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:24:07 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74487 I took it that way too: Librarians = sexy. Sony Reader = more sexy even than that. I took it that way too:

Librarians = sexy.
Sony Reader = more sexy even than that.

]]> By: Charlene Teglia http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74475 Charlene Teglia Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:01:46 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74475 Hmm. I took that to mean librarians *are* sexy, so the Sony Reader is achieving something by surpassing their sexiness quotient. But okay, slogans. "The Sony Reader. Too sexy for your shirt." Unless it's not pocket sized in which case..."Is that your Sony Reader or are you happy to see me?" Hmm. I took that to mean librarians *are* sexy, so the Sony Reader is achieving something by surpassing their sexiness quotient.

But okay, slogans. “The Sony Reader. Too sexy for your shirt.” Unless it’s not pocket sized in which case…”Is that your Sony Reader or are you happy to see me?”

]]> By: Ann Bruce http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74442 Ann Bruce Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:18:28 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74442 Sorry. Forgot to add the why for DZ. Because "at the Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too, we teach you that there's more to life than being really, really good looking." I love that movie. Sorry. Forgot to add the why for DZ.

Because “at the Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too, we teach you that there’s more to life than being really, really good looking.”

I love that movie.

]]> By: Ann Bruce http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74440 Ann Bruce Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:16:41 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74440 Sexier than Derek Zoolander!

Speaking of “that’s hot�, Sexier than a Washed up Pop Star

Paris Hilton never reached pop star level. Unless you mean Britney…

]]> By: Robin http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74437 Robin Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:03:32 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74437 Or how about "Because reading is sexy"? Or "Nothing's sexier than reading . . . except the Sony Reader," or "Nothing's sexier than reading . . . except doing it on the Sony Reader"? Or how about “Because reading is sexy”? Or “Nothing’s sexier than reading . . . except the Sony Reader,” or “Nothing’s sexier than reading . . . except doing it on the Sony Reader”?

]]> By: Linsey (Bookseller Chick) http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74435 Linsey (Bookseller Chick) Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:00:31 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74435 Dude, forget the words. What's with that backdrop? It lacks just as much imagination as the slogan. Here's my attempt: "Because readers are sexy." I'm not feeling the ad genius right now, but then again, neither were they when they wrote this. Dude, forget the words. What’s with that backdrop? It lacks just as much imagination as the slogan.

Here’s my attempt:

“Because readers are sexy.”

I’m not feeling the ad genius right now, but then again, neither were they when they wrote this.

]]> By: Kerry Allen http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74371 Kerry Allen Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:18:34 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/13/sony-insults-librarians-moves-to-cut-off-nose/#comment-74371 Sexier than the dumbass who created the "Sexier than a librarian" campaign. (For damn sure) Sexier than Fabio. Sexier than the dumbass who created the “Sexier than a librarian” campaign.

(For damn sure) Sexier than Fabio.

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