Thread: "Reading things electronically is a dissatisfying experience" - Publisher crying
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Old 03-18-2008, 07:05 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by slayda View Post
I rarely go to a pbook store now. If I can't find an ebook version & I just must have it, I order on-line.
I, OTOH, go to the local pbook store at least once a week. It gives me a chance to see what's new and actually look at the book. And, yes, I do buy pbooks, but just nonfiction. Any fiction I want I get in ebook form. (Except, sadly, for those bits of fiction I want that aren't available in ebook form.) I also order online but those tend to be older nonfiction books that are not readily available except online.

I think 10 years from now the role of the pbookstore will depend greatly on the state of ebook devices, the ebabel problem, DRM, and availability of ebooks. Devices will need to improve greatly from their current state, there will need to be a single standard to which all devices and ebooks adhere, ebooks will need to be DRM-less, and all books will need to be available in ebook form, i.e., no holdout publishers and authors.
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