On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > nothing that conventional books don't have already, and do better > and more easily. If and when ebooks become better at this than conventional > books, it won't be enough on it's own to bring about the end of conventional > books
Bob, here's the problem: Moore's law is against you. If you haven't held a Kindle2 in your hands, you'll have to trust me that it provides a very pleasing reading experience. And it's getting better faster. The real problem with it is that it's an Amazon monopoly and the case is butt-ugly. I am at least as passionate about books as you are, but the reality is that they will not e able to compete for most (note, not all) reading requirements in the near future. Thus, as several have said, they'll become the domain of antiquarians and fine-arts people and collectors. Which is not such a bad outcome. Something will have been lost, but something else gained. One point in my original write-up that I'd like to re-iterate: Forestry is a filthy, dangerous business and it would be A Good Thing to do a whole lot less of it. I personally think that despoiling the mountainsides to print warehouses-full of Harry Potter is a lousy trade-off; and I like Harry Potter. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
