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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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You are missing an entire class of publication: children's books. Depending on the age range, these may be predominantly illustration, and more often than not, involve color. There is an annual award to honor illustrators of such volumes called the Caldecott Award, named after 19th century illustrator Randolph Caldecott, and presented by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
An assortment of classic children's books have entered the public domain, and Project Gutenberg has HTML versions including illustrations by people like Caldecott, Arthur Rackham, and N. C. Wyeth. They reside happily in my ebook library, but I view them in color. 16 shade grayscale is simply not adequate.
We're starting to see development of a whole new class of "enhanced ebooks", aimed that the Juvenile/YA audience, and intended for platforms like the iPad.
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Dennis