Re: The End of the Printed Book? by John Dvorak

In article <9293mfFkplU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert Bannister <robban1@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On 2/05/11 7:20 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:

Do paper books do something ebooks can't? I'd say yes, but for non-
collectors, and for straightforward, text-only novels, that something
is pretty well limited to 'doesn't need the (one time) expense of a
reader'.

I'm not sure I understand that last bit. The main convenience I would
have thought was storage space and portability. But "one-time expense"?

Purchase of a reader is a one-time expense. Purchase of each ebook is
a per-book expense.

- I buy books because I like to have them round me, because I know I

Purchase of each normal book has a per-book expense. There's no
one-time expense associated with the general use of normal books.


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