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yvanleterrible · 07-23-2006, 11:19 AM

You're right ath. These companies always go for the secondary market first. The book, song or whatever should pay more than the reader itself. And if they can safeguard that market with DRM they will.

I was only hoping for ingenuity and goo taste, and since Apple has a knack for original and media ergonomized products...

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There are many older people who refuse to adapt to the computer society, who clearly see the benefits of owning and moving about a full heavy library on a simple 9 oz e-book reader. Don't discount their presence in the balance of markets.
Older people tend to believe they are caretakers of culture and very serious about It, but that does not mean that they cannot adapt to new ways.

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I've listened to some audiobooks but I'm not sure they would catch on as much, because production is often cheap. Some narrators are boring, others have a voice not suited for different roles or are truly not good at all.
And notice that Apple has foot in the podiobooks movement with Itunes, available for free.
By the way I got hooked on some very entertaining podionovels . Mainly "Singularity" by Bill De Smedt http://www.podiobooks.com/index.php
and Scott sigler's novels http://scottsigler.podshow.com/

These mainly help pass the time in the wooshop, while I work, but I rather would be reading.

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Have you tried Microsoft Reader's artificial voice ? Yuck ! But for visually impaired people It's better than nothing.

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Books still catch on and will continue . Sure there has been discussion about format, traditional booklife, openness on content and longevity of media, but the closed loop of a story will always be necessary to entertain. And specifically since a very small portion of written text can make it in interactive media or movies.

All in all I'm very confident in the latest future glance of the e-book readers. E-ink is a more fitting approach to reading compared with paper and opposed to previous attempts at digitizing the written word.
We will still need to print on paper for safekeeping, but for day to day use, nothing can beat an electronic device. And never forget what, in the long run, is happening to digital photography. That would be the death of this time period's written word, but that is an other story.

07-23-2006, 11:19 AM	#4
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	You're right ath. These companies always go for the secondary market first. The book, song or whatever should pay more than the reader itself. And if they can safeguard that market with DRM they will. I was only hoping for ingenuity and goo taste, and since Apple has a knack for original and media ergonomized products... --------------------- There are many older people who refuse to adapt to the computer society, who clearly see the benefits of owning and moving about a full heavy library on a simple 9 oz e-book reader. Don't discount their presence in the balance of markets. Older people tend to believe they are caretakers of culture and very serious about It, but that does not mean that they cannot adapt to new ways. -------------------- I've listened to some audiobooks but I'm not sure they would catch on as much, because production is often cheap. Some narrators are boring, others have a voice not suited for different roles or are truly not good at all. And notice that Apple has foot in the podiobooks movement with Itunes, available for free. By the way I got hooked on some very entertaining podionovels . Mainly "Singularity" by Bill De Smedt http://www.podiobooks.com/index.php and Scott sigler's novels http://scottsigler.podshow.com/ These mainly help pass the time in the wooshop, while I work, but I rather would be reading. -------------- Have you tried Microsoft Reader's artificial voice ? Yuck ! But for visually impaired people It's better than nothing. ----------- Books still catch on and will continue . Sure there has been discussion about format, traditional booklife, openness on content and longevity of media, but the closed loop of a story will always be necessary to entertain. And specifically since a very small portion of written text can make it in interactive media or movies. All in all I'm very confident in the latest future glance of the e-book readers. E-ink is a more fitting approach to reading compared with paper and opposed to previous attempts at digitizing the written word. We will still need to print on paper for safekeeping, but for day to day use, nothing can beat an electronic device. And never forget what, in the long run, is happening to digital photography. That would be the death of this time period's written word, but that is an other story.