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doctorow · 09-08-2005, 08:20 PM

Thanks for the link, jadedboi. Of course I have to disagree with the author, for the following reasons:

"Children don't buy eBook hardware." That's true only as long as parents don't see the benefit of e-books.
"eBook hardware is always a day late and a pound too heavy." If you look at dedicated e-book hardware, perhaps true. But if you take a regular PDA with a decent screen, you wouldn't complain about weight or technology.
"The rise of audio books and in-car back-seat CD and tape players, have made eBook technologies less interesting." What is an audio book other than some form of an e-book? Anyways, I don't see how either of the two would supplement the other.

09-08-2005, 08:20 PM	#2
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	Thanks for the link, jadedboi. Of course I have to disagree with the author, for the following reasons: "Children don't buy eBook hardware." That's true only as long as parents don't see the benefit of e-books. "eBook hardware is always a day late and a pound too heavy." If you look at dedicated e-book hardware, perhaps true. But if you take a regular PDA with a decent screen, you wouldn't complain about weight or technology. "The rise of audio books and in-car back-seat CD and tape players, have made eBook technologies less interesting." What is an audio book other than some form of an e-book? Anyways, I don't see how either of the two would supplement the other.