The Really: Nobody is ever to going to make people read books electronically.
Well how about if they put the Kindle on your IPhone? Well that's a different story.
Many years ago publisher's got all excited about e-books...all those messy costs for paper and binding and the remainders, sheesh the remainders. The print to demand model looked perfect to reduce the costs of books but there was just one problem. Except for the pricing and royalty structure of books, the book is THE PERFECT technology. It is portable, can be read on a plane, a train, or under a tree, or in bed. It doesn't require electricity. Most don't weigh too much and they are solid things which can be placed on a shelf for easy access or thrown against a wall if they pique.
The Kindle promised to be a nice cross between the e-paper requirements for distribution of books but didn't electrify (pun) the reading public...what is left of it.
But what if you put the Kindle on an IPhone? Now you are talking. A hardware device as much beloved as a book itself. Now we are getting somewhere.
i still can't imagine it and to me it is sad. A book, with the feel of it's pages,the lovely covers, the smell...
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