tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158539128702864870.post1784094980745975325..comments2023-10-28T06:20:40.920-04:00Comments on Don't Cross The Streams: A Library in Your Pocket, the eBookSoundwavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17778713539989861503noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158539128702864870.post-31097208263658991152008-04-29T11:56:00.000-04:002008-04-29T11:56:00.000-04:00Honestly, no. At $300+ ebooks will go the way of ...Honestly, no. At $300+ ebooks will go the way of the PDA. Flash in the pan with the hard core tech crowd, then nothing.<BR/><BR/>For these things to really catch on, they need to drop down to less than $100, and preferably down to $50 each.<BR/><BR/>While not as convenient as a book, you gain the ability to carry multiple books in the same space.<BR/><BR/>With the eInk screen, these devices are remarkably low powered.<BR/><BR/>I think that they have the potential to become the MP3 players of the book world.<BR/><BR/>$300 will buy you 15 books at $20 each. The casual reader is better off just buying the damn books!<BR/><BR/>If you are an avid reader, and combine such a device with classics available on gutenberg.org, then this device will pay for itself quickly. If you need to read the latest and greatest, then you aren't saving any money, because you still have to buy those books in order to read them.<BR/><BR/>They really have to get the price down on those things if they really want the market to thrive.Soundwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17778713539989861503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158539128702864870.post-21535755827980900732008-04-29T10:11:00.000-04:002008-04-29T10:11:00.000-04:00Can you see this think EVER getting off the ground...Can you see this think EVER getting off the ground, (aside from the obvious advantage for technical manuals)? The whole point of books is that they don't need anything to work. Ebooks have a place, and it will be harder to find that place than to get decent technology, which is already pretty good if you think about it.EChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370991530176117837noreply@blogger.com