Add the "Smell of Books " to your Kindle

Smell of Books offers aromas for your Kindle so you won't have to miss the smell of books, whether the "New Book Smell" or the "Classic Musty Smell."  No longer do you have to differentiate between those who are book-readers and those who are book-sniffers, as they keep telling us Kindle-owners.

Well, this was just too funny to be real, so I poked around to see who was behind it.  The site is registered to Nero Tarlev (AKA Nero Rang) and here's a nice picture of the fellow.  An expert in virtual worlds, he also Twitters and knows how to work the Net.  Check out his Durosports site

"...I had nothing to do with “Smell of Books.”  Our product that we are releasing and recalled in a single day...In some cases New Books Smell labels were inadvertently affixed to cans that actually contain new car smell."

Then below that is a nice send-up of The Authors Guild, guardians of Kindle ears and noses.


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Make Your Kindle Smell Familiar

One of the complaints I hear most often from book lovers who don't want to try the Kindle is a tactile one. And while it's true the Kindle will probably never feel and smell exactly like a real book, the kind folks over at DuraSport Electronics have spent some serious research and development dollars to come up with an idea that promises to be the next best (and next big) thing--the first aerosol e-book enhancer.

Okay, so maybe Smell of Books is an April Fools Day prank. You've still got to admire the dedication that went into it. The product comes in five great scents (New Book Smell, Classic Musty Smell, Scent of Sensibility, Eau You Have Cats and Crunchy Bacon) and is advertised as compatible with almost 30 file types and over three dozen eReaders, including the not-yet-announced Kindle 3.

Perhaps not surprisingly, no sooner had Smell of Books been announced than it was receiving threatening letters from the Authors Guild: "While the Authors Guild supports efforts to improve the digital reading experience, we believe this product represents a significant threat to the development of aroma rights...Allowing unauthorized third parties to provide the 'scent' for a book substantially changes the underlying work to a degree that infringes upon the author’s copyright, not to mention artistic vision."

Hmmm. Something doesn't smell right!