Will These Books Take on E-Books?

Imagine reading one of these books on the train next to someone with a Kindle . Definitively pop up books for grown ups . It would be an amazing ice breaker but I guess there would not much time for reading .

All done with surgical instruments  page by page for more images click link below

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