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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
Two big problems with ebooks:
1. You can't have a shelf full of books to impress people.
2. There's nothing for an author to sign.
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Serious take on this--
"Impress people" is not a problem for most of us, but "shelf of books to show off to friends so they can borrow one" is nice. Even "shelf to show off to family members" is useful, and very difficult with ebooks.
Nothing to bring to author signings is a problem. And I've seen workarounds with promo postcards and such, but it fails to be attached to the book; don't get to open up the book and get the warm fuzzy reminder, "Oh yeah; I met this guy." Memorabilia on a shelf is not the same.
I expect that, in a few more years, note-taking in ebooks will be advanced/common enough that authors will be able to sign ebooks with a stylus.