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rhadin · 09-12-2010, 06:10 PM

I'd be happy to pay an extra $100 for a good eInk color device. For example, if the new Sony 650 or 950 was available in a choice of monochrome or color and there was no degradation of the readability, I'd pay an extra $100 for the color version -- and I don't read comic books

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I think as publishers begin moving towards the digital book, they will be willing to provide illustrations and figures in color rather than b&w. Many of the b&w images in books today are color printed as b&w to save printing costs.

I also think having the color readers available will unleash book designers who will make use of the colors to make the books more enticing.

I can imagine a romance novel where we see a beating red heart (i.e., the word heart not a picture of a heart) when the heroine falls madly in love. I can also imagine a biography of John D. Rockefeller where the words describing his grab of monopoly money is shown in green. See -- a color reader could enhance the reading experience

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09-12-2010, 06:10 PM	#22
rhadin Literacy = Understanding Posts: 4,833 Karma: 59674358 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The World of Books Device: Nook, Nook Tablet	I'd be happy to pay an extra $100 for a good eInk color device. For example, if the new Sony 650 or 950 was available in a choice of monochrome or color and there was no degradation of the readability, I'd pay an extra $100 for the color version -- and I don't read comic books . I think as publishers begin moving towards the digital book, they will be willing to provide illustrations and figures in color rather than b&w. Many of the b&w images in books today are color printed as b&w to save printing costs. I also think having the color readers available will unleash book designers who will make use of the colors to make the books more enticing. I can imagine a romance novel where we see a beating red heart (i.e., the word heart not a picture of a heart) when the heroine falls madly in love. I can also imagine a biography of John D. Rockefeller where the words describing his grab of monopoly money is shown in green. See -- a color reader could enhance the reading experience .