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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
Sorry, but tablets will never win with the majority of committed readers.
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If your idea of "committed readers" includes those who won't ever embrace ebooks and continue to read pbooks (as well as those who prefer eInk), then you
could be right. But otherwise, like ApK says, never is a long time. I certainly wouldn't bet the farm on your prediction, if "committed readers" only comprises "committed eReaders" (whatever "committed" entails). The question should be: as long as you have the choice to buy (and read on) on eInk, why would you care what the "majority" of some vaguely defined demographic goes with in the future?
This "
committed readers will always choose eInk" nonsense smacks of the very same "
real readers will never embrace electronic books" elitism we all experienced (and still do) by being early adopters of ebooks. How quickly we forget, huh?
I still object to the word "win" (mainly because I don't see much in the way of serious consequences for the "loser" for a long, long time [if ever]).
I understand
preferring eInk... I really do. What I don't understand is the strange compulsion some seem to have to associate that preference with the "seriousness/committedness/
realness" of the group of readers who prefer it. It's kind of creepy, really.