Thread: Pace of Ereader/Ebook change
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Old 11-16-2015, 04:15 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
If we had easily replaceable batteries, then battery life would not be such an issue.
Amen! That would make ereaders very long lasting and I think the technology is already so good that the need to upgrade to future devices isn't likely to be very great unless something new and unexpected comes along.

As for content being available I've been re-reading a lot of books in recent years that I enjoyed in my younger days and while most of that is now available, some of it isn't. I can think of maybe a dozen books off the top of my head that I haven't been able to find at any price and if I gave it more thought that number would probably double.

Still, it is getting better. A lot of the books I couldn't find a year or two ago are now in my library and the vast majority are available. I'm 75 and I simply refuse to die until I re-read Mackinlay Kantor's "Spirit Lake" so the longer they take getting around to it the more I benefit.

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