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Old 06-02-2011, 10:22 AM   #231
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Originally Posted by elemenoP View Post
The above was the reason for my post. There is NO DOUBT that most people read novels on ereaders. As for how big the market for technical books is, and what features should be supported in ereaders in accordance with that, I don't know.

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I would imagine that technical ebooks sell proportionately about as well as they do in print. I purchase a lot of them myself, but only a couple of these have been from Amazon: not when I can get multi-format licenses by purchasing direct from O'Reilly (often for less $).

The problem with ereaders and computer books is not so much the small screen, which I find tolerable, but the lack of nimble navigation features. They are great for linear reading but not so much for reference-type books - too slow to jump around.
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