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Originally Posted by Calenorn
I think a larger screen is going to be crucial for the development of the electronic textbook business. Most ereaders and phones are just too small to be useable with PDF files.
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Two solutions are being developed:
1- Don't rely on PDF, but rather use an actual ebook format. Preferably epub3-derived...
2- Don't use eInk, but rather use the much cheaper color LCD tech.
eInk is not the only viable road to electronic textbooks and PDFs are actually contraindicated for a sophisticated etextbook platform, which really needs live embedded objects.
More importantly, neither the big textbook companies nor their hardware partners are interested in eink for textbook use. That hope died with Kindle DX and the lawsuits.