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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Liviu, I do think there's a reason to bother... there are a lot of positive aspects of e-books, their portability, their flexibility, their environmental friendliness, and their lower production cost, that make them a desirable product. We just need a publishing model that suits those positive aspects... or, put another way, doesn't outweigh them to the extent that nobody wants e-books.
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I like and read e-books, so of course I would like them to succeed. However, even if interesting all this discussion seems to me that is somewhat missing the main point, which is that paper books have a very well defined ecological place in our culture and the e-book experience overall really needs to offer very tangible advantages to make serious inroads.
Simplicity, durability and easy access are VERY powerful advantages and right now e-books have a long way to go in all those categories compared to print.