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OtterBooks · 03-31-2014, 10:37 PM

Ink-based reading is not going anywhere soon, whether it be paper or e-ink.

They aren't going to invent an entirely new technology specifically for reading books that is so well received that it gives birth to an entirely new industry, only to ditch it a few years later for the old technology that was originally passed over, just because it now shows cat videos. Eink is here to stay a while. People aren't buying new ones every year because it's not that kind of product. Everyone is looking at them as if they're personal computing devices. They barely even qualify as electronics. It differs from paper books mostly in that the ink can move. It doesn't even belong in a conversation about tablets or phones.

In the context of books, LCD was the 8-track, here; the technology that was not good enough. Nobody wanted to read books on LCD, and they still don't, because burning a novel into your eyeballs at 60 frames per second is garbage, anathema to the majority of people who actually read books as a pastime. edit: bein a little bombastic for fun; no disrespect intended.

Just IMHO. I still do it once in a while on my iPad lol.

How's everyone doing this fine evening/day?

03-31-2014, 10:37 PM	#42
OtterBooks Wizard Posts: 1,262 Karma: 2979086 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 4, iPad Mini/Retina	Ink-based reading is not going anywhere soon, whether it be paper or e-ink. They aren't going to invent an entirely new technology specifically for reading books that is so well received that it gives birth to an entirely new industry, only to ditch it a few years later for the old technology that was originally passed over, just because it now shows cat videos. Eink is here to stay a while. People aren't buying new ones every year because it's not that kind of product. Everyone is looking at them as if they're personal computing devices. They barely even qualify as electronics. It differs from paper books mostly in that the ink can move. It doesn't even belong in a conversation about tablets or phones. In the context of books, LCD was the 8-track, here; the technology that was not good enough. Nobody wanted to read books on LCD, and they still don't, because burning a novel into your eyeballs at 60 frames per second is garbage, anathema to the majority of people who actually read books as a pastime. edit: bein a little bombastic for fun; no disrespect intended. Just IMHO. I still do it once in a while on my iPad lol. How's everyone doing this fine evening/day? Last edited by OtterBooks; 04-01-2014 at 02:25 PM.