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Old 09-17-2008, 03:24 PM   #4
bbusybookworm
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I figure its possible and probable when the cost of e-ink readers is about the price of a cheapo cell phone or DVD player.

Once people get over their apprehensive over reading e-books, there is still the concern about device costs.Until devices are cheap enough the to be a throwaway item (figuratively) and easily available in everywhere its probably not going to replace the humble paperback.

After all if you forgot your reader at home would you willing to spend a couple hundred plus to replace it. On the other hand if you could buy a cheap basic device, for the price of say a couple of DVD's you might consider it.

And while more and more people nowadays already do carry phones, media players, etc that could be used for reading ebooks, most would probably find the small screen are not very comfortable for long reading session.

Until then I figure that people who read a lot are probably going to be the ones buying these devices, not the mass market reader, who may read perhaps a few of books a year.
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