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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
I think that the main points are not luddism(?) or love of book-smell or whatever, but:
1: (perceived) ease of use, and
2: access to content at a (perceived) reasonable price
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Ease-of-use is a myth, perceived or otherwise. Sure, a technology has to meet some basic threshold of ergonomics and comfort, but the rest is irrational, emotional, and affective. We buy what we like, and appeal to more rational elements when we have to justify it. Some of us do this more than others, of course.
The Luddism argument - for any technology, not just e-readers - is different than (1) and (2) because Luddism is a philosophy, of sort, that rejects technology
qua technology. There are individuals who "swear by vinyl" and there will be those who "swear by paperback." These people will not be converted.
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