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Originally Posted by pilotbob
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For example, Amazon calls it the "Sony PRS-505 Portable Digital e-Reader System (Silver)" ....
So, other than the article there are places that call it an "e-reader" ... Yes, I know they are technically mistaken, but when there are a lot of places and people making the same mistake, it tends to catch on.
As for the article ... I can and have read my ebooks in the tub (and the pool), so she's dead wrong there. It's just a matter of buying a good plastic baggie.
Of course they don't "furnish a room." My library is full. Almost all the furniture I have also doubles for book storage. Those are full too. What's a crazy cat lady to do .... leave books out in the open where the cats can pee on them?? I don't see that as a viable option.
I still go into bookstores on a regular basis ... sometimes just to sit in their comfy chairs (Cardinal Biggles notwithstanding) and have a Coke (product placement). I also go into old bookstores just because I love the smell of old books. I also go into coffee shops to smell the coffee .... I love the smell of coffee, I just hate the taste.
Regular paper books won't be going away for a long time. Scrolls didn't immediately disappear when bound books were made available .... any good sized change in technology takes time ... less time now than in the distant past ... but time nonetheless.