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Originally Posted by markm
An e-book reader is an example of technology that makes no sense, at least not to a consumer. An e-book reader costs $400 + maybe $40/year in electricity to keep it charged. At $9.99 each, books are the same price or more expensive in digital format than paperback. Much more expensive if you factor in discount pricing (e.g., Costco, Sams Club, B&N discount, etc...), used book resale, and borrowing from the library.
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Keeping a computer running costs much more p.A. But anyway there might be reasons beside the price that makes a consumer wanting an e-book reader. ("gadget factor", mobile library, quick access specialist books, just no room left in the apartment because there are already five bookshelfs, ...)
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Originally Posted by markm
There are some specialized applications where an e-book reader might make sense, but those applications can just as easily be satisfied by a Tablet-PC, Netbook or Notebook-PC without requiring the user to carry a second electronic device. For general situations, ink on paper yields the best value and availability.
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You do forget that tablet-PC and netbooks and so on are much less handy and "mobile" than an e-book-reader. The e-ink display is much better for the eyes than a usual LCD. (and i have to know it: wearing glasses, using LCDs the whole day as programmer, using an e-ink reader for reading)
I just can't read with an LCD in the evening (or night) after sitting the whole day in front of one. My eyes get tired, i get headache... This is not the case when i read on my E-INK-device.