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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
People are getting used to buying their content on line and having it instantly. I suspect that's going to be the end of paper books.
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I think you are right but only in North America and Europe. I know that I've become a big fan of what Amazon is doing with e-Book sales. I've been able to buy a few collections of books by some out of print authors that I used to read years ago. These are books that aren't in public domain yet but are put of print. The cost is minimal and prompted me to buy these collections. I won't read everything in them but I will enjoy some of them. So far, what I've been buying are old SciFi that I enjoyed as a teenager and young adult - Andre Norton, E. R. Borroughs, and others. The Kindle app for iPad makes for a nice reading experience. Yes, I use it inside rather than outside but that is where I tend to read anyway.
With the sales of iPad and lower cost devices like the Nook and the Kindle reader, I expect e-book sales to take off in the US and Europe very soon. I'm even considering a Kindle as a backup for my iPad based on its cost and battery life.