Re: Evolution of bookreading
- From: "jadel" <delcolja@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 25 Apr 2006 06:02:02 -0700
Tsun wrote:
Thanks for your replies.
You have a point here.
It is true that e-books have teething problems.
Teethng problems? No, they have inherent limitations that I pointed
out. How would you overcome the need for an electronic device and
some technologically dependent medium such as the internet to
disseminate the e-books?
In terms of number of titles, books have about a 550 year head start.
By comparison, the number of e-books is minuscule.
What would be the incentive for putting, say, the holdings of the
Library of Congress or the British Library into e-book format? The
cost alone would be astronomical.
It is also true that books
are easier to use.
And always will be.
And many would rather read a book in printed form than its electronic
brother.
I don't know -anybody- who prefers e-books.
J. Del Col
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