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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
Newspapers are doomed because I say so? Because I say so?
Virtually every print newspaper in the western world is on the ropes. Subscriptions are plummeting, ad revenues are plummeting and share prices are rock bottom. It's the same thing for tons of magazines. And it's not because I say so.
Hang on. "The ipad [sic] has tons of magazine subscriptions and newspaper subscriptions". Which is exactly what I was saying. The paper format is dying, and the content is being delivered in new ways. I'll admit that I've not seen any of this content on an iPad, but I'd be willing to bet that it's not just a digital copy of the print format. And if it is today, it won't be in a few years.
It doesn't take much reflection to see that an ordinary eBook format is absolutely the worst format for a textbook. Any reasonable textbook format is going to allow highlighting and notes, hypertexting and linking, embedded flash and video, and all kinds of other interactive elements.
So why hold out for a giant, colour, dedicated eReader to read newspapers, magazines and textbooks? It's not the right answer. Something like an iPad, that can handle all of these interactive elements (maybe not the flash) is closer to the right answer. And surprise, surprise, the market's going to be flooded with these devices before Christmas.
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What are you talking about? You said newspapers and magazines are dead yet you admit are finding new life with a decent device such as the ipad, why wouldn't they find new life with a good (maybe even colour) ebook reader?
You have some issue with textbooks and you want hyperlinks in them and all that blah, yet textbooks are what 99.999% of people read to educate themselves. So why would a good eink reader suffer from the lack of video or hyperlinks (and btw flash is proprietary format for video so no need to say flash and video...) since all textbooks don't have these and yet no one is really missing them. Why would you need video or hyperlinks for textbook in maths or literature? A good eink reader able to handle colour and fast enough would be the perfect alternative for a paper textbook because it would emulate a real life one. You don't see people running on the streets complaining for lack of (the very distracting and counter to any concentration) hyperlinks and videos, people are very happy thank you very much with text books as they are, and they'd be happier if they could have them on a good eink device too for portability. Some kids might get their kicks from video too, and they might not be bothered with the lcd eye strain, but that's not to say that the rest, the vast majority, won't prefer an eink reader.
And btw why the smarty [sic] after the ipad, should I have spelled it iPad instead?