Where will we all be ten years from now?

Andrew Kaufman · 09-22-2010, 10:41 PM

As an author who is now publishing a lion's share of his work on Kindle, I'm really interested in knowing what other readers think about recent surge in e-book sales (Publisher's weekly recently reported they were up again, 150% in July). Where do you see the publishing industry ten years from now? Will we all be reading on Kindles? Will paper books be a thing of the past, or will some people still be hanging on to them?

Drew

Skydog · 09-22-2010, 11:38 PM

What's up with all the informal polls you post (here as well as KB)?

MrPLD · 09-23-2010, 12:03 AM

I for one look forward to even thinner / more flexible eInk type display units. While 10 years is an eternity in technology it's also not very long at all, so I wouldn't expect to see a major upheaval again so soon - maybe in 15yrs. Consider that back in 2000 we were all getting our mp3's, videos and such; all we've done since is refine the devices that display them.

In my view, there's a huge battle going on now however between independents and mega-corps; concurrently the independents are pushing for open-access/DRM-free/common-standards and the mega-corps are pushing for tighter controls, dreaming of the day of per-view/per-eyeballs payments. Which way the war will go is hard to say at the moment, however with the strong push towards open-standards I'm hoping that mega-corps are forced back to winning market share and profits based on quality of content rather than lock-in.

Paul.

MrPLD · 09-23-2010, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skydog

What's up with all the informal polls you post (here as well as KB)?

What's KB stand for?

desertgrandma · 09-23-2010, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrPLD

What's KB stand for?

KindleBoards.........a dedicated kindle forum.

http://www.kindleboards.com/

MrPLD · 09-23-2010, 12:29 AM

Thanks desertgrandma.

Andrew Kaufman · 09-23-2010, 01:19 AM

MrPLD, but still one has to wonder if several years from now whether we'll look at the Kindle like we're beginning to look at paper books--sort of as things of the past. Technology is moving at breakneck speed, and it's hard to imagine what and how we'll be reading down the road.

09-22-2010, 10:41 PM	#1
Andrew Kaufman Author/Suspense Thrillers Posts: 56 Karma: 4360 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: CA Device: Kindle	Where will we all be ten years from now? As an author who is now publishing a lion's share of his work on Kindle, I'm really interested in knowing what other readers think about recent surge in e-book sales (Publisher's weekly recently reported they were up again, 150% in July). Where do you see the publishing industry ten years from now? Will we all be reading on Kindles? Will paper books be a thing of the past, or will some people still be hanging on to them? Drew

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Skydog Wizard Posts: 2,243 Karma: 7400001 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Circling Earth @ Mach .83 Device: Elipsa 2E, Sage, Forma, Libra 2, Clara 2E, Kindle Oasis3, Voyage	What's up with all the informal polls you post (here as well as KB)?

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MrPLD Author's pet-geek Posts: 933 Karma: 1040670 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: North Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96	I for one look forward to even thinner / more flexible eInk type display units. While 10 years is an eternity in technology it's also not very long at all, so I wouldn't expect to see a major upheaval again so soon - maybe in 15yrs. Consider that back in 2000 we were all getting our mp3's, videos and such; all we've done since is refine the devices that display them. In my view, there's a huge battle going on now however between independents and mega-corps; concurrently the independents are pushing for open-access/DRM-free/common-standards and the mega-corps are pushing for tighter controls, dreaming of the day of per-view/per-eyeballs payments. Which way the war will go is hard to say at the moment, however with the strong push towards open-standards I'm hoping that mega-corps are forced back to winning market share and profits based on quality of content rather than lock-in. Paul.

09-23-2010, 12:29 AM	#6
MrPLD Author's pet-geek Posts: 933 Karma: 1040670 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: North Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96	Thanks desertgrandma.

09-23-2010, 01:19 AM	#7
Andrew Kaufman Author/Suspense Thrillers Posts: 56 Karma: 4360 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: CA Device: Kindle	MrPLD, but still one has to wonder if several years from now whether we'll look at the Kindle like we're beginning to look at paper books--sort of as things of the past. Technology is moving at breakneck speed, and it's hard to imagine what and how we'll be reading down the road.

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