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Originally Posted by Salgueiros
When i was talking about books with illustrations i was also thinking about art books. Regarding these, i think that these books probably will be the ones less likely to be read in electronic devices, at least in the near future, due to its nature, (remember the unusual size of these books in the bookstores, the prolific colour, the detail in some pictures... and also the intended use, they seem made as to be a premium or luxury object not only a regular book) so as far as technology goes now i don't see a big migration from paper to electrons.
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Well, there are two types: the ones that are mostly pictures (that fit the whole page) and the ones that have mostly text, and talk about the composition and history of the object that they present.
LCDs can be very good with color and for details you have zoom. Sometimes you can see a zoomed-in portion showing a specific part of a painting in one of these books. with an LCD you could do that for the whole painting. These books would also weigh more than a large size ereader.
They are sold as premium objects because of the price, and that comes mostly from the high quality paper. And there would be no incentive for pirating since most of the images can be found online.
I usually buy this type of books when I go to a museum. I have more time to look at the real thing if I'm not trying to take pictures, the quality is better anyway and I can read the description in my own time. If they would come as ebooks, I would probably buy more.