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TheJohnNewton · 03-05-2008, 09:38 PM

Dennis, I agree there are certain niches that are best served by paper especially given current technology limitations. I see the day though where paper will be a specialty item and electronic will be the mass market. My main point is that I think resistance to electronic books probably has more to do with the unknown than with the perceived loss of the paper experience. In other words, once somebody actually tries it, I think they'll realize "hey this really does work better than lugging a bunch of books around". People are just naturally resistent to change.

03-05-2008, 09:38 PM	#8
TheJohnNewton Addict Posts: 256 Karma: 144599 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Boox Nova 2	Dennis, I agree there are certain niches that are best served by paper especially given current technology limitations. I see the day though where paper will be a specialty item and electronic will be the mass market. My main point is that I think resistance to electronic books probably has more to do with the unknown than with the perceived loss of the paper experience. In other words, once somebody actually tries it, I think they'll realize "hey this really does work better than lugging a bunch of books around". People are just naturally resistent to change. Last edited by TheJohnNewton; 03-05-2008 at 09:41 PM.