Re: Evolution of bookreading


Tsun wrote:
Ebooks have been around for quite some time now. Its popularity however is
still modest despite the advantages.
You might have wondered and formed your opinion about this strange fact.

It's strange only to techno-enthusiasts. You need and must be able to
afford a computer or some other electronic gizmo to read an e-book.
These factors alone will limit the spread of e-books.

Once you have the computer, you have to learn how to use the damned
thing. You must have a reliable power supply, and you are at the mercy
of software geeks and hardware glitches. E-book formats may be
subject to rapid obsolescence, requiring the purchase of new hardware
and/or software for the next generation of e-books.

OTOH, once you know how to read, there's nothing new to learn in order
to use a book.

Books are more portable, and many people find the printed page easier
on the eyes than a CRT or other electronic display. And it's a hell of
a lot easier to flip through the pages of a book than to search for
pages in an e-book.

J. Del Col

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