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Old 02-09-2009, 02:52 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Alisa View Post
That leads me to a bit of a scary thought. If paper books become rarer, and hence more expensive due to the low volume, that could create a real problem in the developing world where poor people might have even less access to books than they do now. I could see a fairly long transition time between when most people in wealthier countries have access to ebooks and the time when folks in poor nations would be able to afford devices and computers that are cheap by our standards. Hopefully programs like OLPC will help that.
I can see a requirement for Solar Powered eBook Readers to meet that need. Then they could download PG eBooks using their OLPC or equivalent.
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