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Old 06-30-2018, 12:35 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by tomfyhr View Post
Is that the future of the ebook?
Why does the future of the ebook NEED to evolve at all? Why can't it just remain as it is: an electronic representation of an author's written words?

NOTE: I'm not talking about new features, or the various bells and whistles that are introduced by the hardware/software used to render those ebooks. Evolution there is expected.

But the ebook itself (I've long ago stopped differentiating between electronic books and printed books--they're both just "books" to me) will probably remain "just a book" (though rendered electronically) for the foreseeable future. If not beyond.

Let interactive, multimedia-rich presentations inhabit their own new realm. There's plenty of space for the "Not a Book" you're describing to carve out its own niche. They don't need to be called something they're not.

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