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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
What I don't get is how people always seem to point to some teeny-tiny segment of the reading universe to point out how eReaders are inadequate. People that are buying ereaders are buying them primarily to read novels. Straight text with no fixed page layout.
Nobody reads coffee-table books. They just sit on the coffee-table, which is why they are called coffee-table books. So you don't need an ereader for them.
I can't remember the last time I cracked the cover on a textbook. I can't be the only one. Anyways, wiki's and other hyperlinked content is probably better than traditional print for textbooks.
Magazines and newspapers are probably doomed. Why build an ereader to deal with a doomed format?
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Thank you! I think that people just need to have SOMETHING to bitch about.
If you are a tech geek, a tweaker, or any other kind of "teeny-tiny segment" of the ereader market, then realize that this market doesn't exist to cater to your whimsical needs.
It is aimed at people who simply want to take pleasure in reading books. Someone like me who hasn't been in a bookstore in YEARS and has been doing most of her reading on a computer since I'm able to adjust the size of the text to where it is comfortable for me.
I am one of MILLIONS of aging baby boomer's who love to read but it's getting harder & harder to read pbooks.
The current & growing crop of ereaders are allowing me to once again enjoy a life long habit!
There are more than enough of us to keep the ereading markets in business & profitable for years to come. At some point I will probably buy an Ipad like reader so that I can have a multifunction machine.
This is not, does not, should be, have to be an either or scenario. All can exist within the same market and more than likely will do so.