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Originally Posted by SlowRain
Lee, I was reading e-books in 2008, and I disagreed with him back then. He was biased and wrong back then because he was close-minded. Anyone with any understanding of humanity and technology could see that--even in 2008. He simply didn't know what he was talking about.
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I don't think everyone "gets" the speed of technological innovation. Still, ebooks were poised to take over the world a couple times before and flamed out each time before. There was no guarantee that Amazon would succeed this time.
Given the pricing and technology state that he mentioned in his article, _I_, don't personally fault his conclusion. He would have been wiser to throw in a caveat that "should the devices fall to xyz" or something to that effect.
I've only been interested in ereading since the summer of 2009. I can attest that a LOT of folks interested in reading (they participated on internet forums) -- felt the same way towards the whole concept of ebooks. In that year and a half since then, I have noticed there are fewer people who think the whole idea is just stupid, even if they themselves don't yet read ebooks.
Judging a 2008 post by 2010 realities....well, lets just put me in the column of those who don't think that's fair.
Lee