How the E-Book will change our ways...

mirakix · 06-30-2009, 12:21 PM

How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write

Very well written article from the Wall Street Journal.

Mike L · 06-30-2009, 12:57 PM

Interesting article. I don't entirely agree with it, but it makes interesting reading. Thanks for posting it.

poohbear_nc · 06-30-2009, 01:49 PM

I certainly have to agree with the comments on impulse buying - there's nothing easier than that "One click" moment. Perhaps someone will write an app that would display your credit card balance before allowing you to click!

I also agree with the observation of how easy it is to stop or interrupt your reading to move on to another title. I have many partially read books on my Kindle. But then, I also have a pile of pbooks with bookmarks by my recliner.

I think the real key point of the article is the emphasis on increasing the availablility of titles - not only instant gratification with Whispernet ordering, but the vast sea of ebook titles out there. What we do with them, and how we deal with them, individually and as a society, remains to be seen.

Terisa de morgan · 06-30-2009, 03:18 PM

I think impulsive buy happens when it's a novelty, I have the same impulse at Fictionwise (e-books) or BookDepository (PB), I leave the same both types of books. When your cc begins to cry, the impulse usually disappears.

sassanik · 06-30-2009, 04:55 PM

I would think that the average reader doesn't necassarily sit down and read a whole book at a time. I think that alot of people read more than 1 book at a time.

I would say the serious reader who sits down and focuses on reading a book for hours at a time would be more rare than the person that reads for half an hour while they are waiting to do something else.

I think impulse buying will not go away, that is why they have all that stuff at the supermarket at the checkout, a chance to grab you before you leave the store, I am sure that ebook marketers will work on coming up with something similar.

I did like that he pointed out the difficulty of page numbering in ebooks. It will be interesting to see how it resolves, perhaps through numbering of the paragraphs? Either through the whole book or by chapter?

Overall a good article.

Amy

06-30-2009, 12:21 PM	#1
mirakix Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 538 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mainhattan Device: Sony PRS-700	How the E-Book will change our ways... How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write Very well written article from the Wall Street Journal.

06-30-2009, 12:57 PM	#2
Mike L Evangelist Posts: 424 Karma: 1043 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 2	Interesting article. I don't entirely agree with it, but it makes interesting reading. Thanks for posting it. __________________ Mike (Kindle 2 user since April 2009)

06-30-2009, 01:49 PM	#3
poohbear_nc Compulsive Reader Posts: 937 Karma: 4099 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Kindle 1 & 2 & DX!	I certainly have to agree with the comments on impulse buying - there's nothing easier than that "One click" moment. Perhaps someone will write an app that would display your credit card balance before allowing you to click! I also agree with the observation of how easy it is to stop or interrupt your reading to move on to another title. I have many partially read books on my Kindle. But then, I also have a pile of pbooks with bookmarks by my recliner. I think the real key point of the article is the emphasis on increasing the availablility of titles - not only instant gratification with Whispernet ordering, but the vast sea of ebook titles out there. What we do with them, and how we deal with them, individually and as a society, remains to be seen. __________________ "I read about that in a thing with actual pages in it. A quaint thing where you flip the paper over. A book. That was it" (Ford Prefect in And Another Thing) Now reading: The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan The Labours of Hercules - Agatha Christie Moby Dick - Herman Melville More Work for the Undertaker - Margery Allingham

06-30-2009, 04:55 PM	#5
sassanik Fanatic Posts: 513 Karma: 525 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Device: EB1150, iPhone, Cool-er Purple, Pocketbook 360	reading in starts and bits I would think that the average reader doesn't necassarily sit down and read a whole book at a time. I think that alot of people read more than 1 book at a time. I would say the serious reader who sits down and focuses on reading a book for hours at a time would be more rare than the person that reads for half an hour while they are waiting to do something else. I think impulse buying will not go away, that is why they have all that stuff at the supermarket at the checkout, a chance to grab you before you leave the store, I am sure that ebook marketers will work on coming up with something similar. I did like that he pointed out the difficulty of page numbering in ebooks. It will be interesting to see how it resolves, perhaps through numbering of the paragraphs? Either through the whole book or by chapter? Overall a good article. Amy

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06-30-2009, 03:18 PM	#4
Terisa de morgan Evangelist Posts: 483 Karma: 642 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Cybook Gen3, Cybook Opus, iPhone	I think impulsive buy happens when it's a novelty, I have the same impulse at Fictionwise (e-books) or BookDepository (PB), I leave the same both types of books. When your cc begins to cry, the impulse usually disappears.

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