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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
Possible but I think you are underestimating the large degree of inertia of society ("conservatism" without the political connotations).
Anyway, it's good to have many choices and the more e-books appear the better from my point of view; so I hope you're right that e-books will have a faster adoption curve than I believe it will be the case
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I probably should have mentioned the other factor that will influence e-book adoption:
- The influence of young people who are not affected by the inertia and conservativism of their elders.
Many of the points I mentioned earlier may not sway the older generations. But the kids, being raised in front of computers, have proven to be much more likely to adopt new ideas and new technologies much faster than their elders have. Cellphone texting is a perfect example of their willingness to embrace something that older users largely had to be pushed into.
Again, providing some value-added aspect of e-books (and, I think, e-magazines and e-texts) that the kids will want, they will be much more likely to evaluate their e-book options, embrace one system or another, and run with it as fast as they can. Once they get started, it will be all we elders can do to keep up.