BBC acknowledges that e-books are finally about to take off. But the following article also points out some of the current difficulties:
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While in the US there are an increasing number of new books available online, publishers in the UK have been slow to release their books in an electronic format.
E-book readers are still expensive and there is no agreement in the industry over a single format for downloads.
"It is not an iPod moment for books," says Julie Howkins [head of e-commerce at Borders].
"The devices are coming on the market, but there still isn't a great deal of content.
"It will be a considerable time before e-books compete with the paper book."
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