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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
The story points to the growth in the ebook market and how quickly it is happening.
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How quickly it is happening
now. As you and the rest of us know only too well, e-books are far from new and this recent explosion has been dramatically preceded by numerous pops, fizzles, and the general noise of deserted windy desert cities.
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Originally Posted by rhadin
I think counting the number of devices in use that are capable of reading ebooks is the wrong metric.
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I don't know if it is the wrong metric, but it would certainly only get us part way to an answer without acceding an entire answer all on it's own. Much more would be needed besides to make an accurate determination.
I have always considered a device, network, activity, et cetera, mainstream as soon as it has penetrated the minds of a wide number of people and is regarded with feelings of rank normality. When people shrug their shoulders at the mention of or fail to notice e-books and e-readers as anything out of the ordinary, then we have hit mainstream. That moment is approaching quickly thanks to the long delayed popularity that we are now seeing blossom.
Thankfully, the more mainstream these things become the more Nora Roberts, Dan Brown, and Harlen Coben's wallets can be padded out with blood money.
(I just wanted to point out that the last line is extreme sarcasm and should be treated as such!)