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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
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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I agree. There's nothing wrong with someone creating new kinds of media, but please let me read books as is.