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Originally Posted by DebraSeattleGrrl
I do think, though, in the not so distant future, there will be a drastic shift in the ratio of new e-books to physical books.
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I don't think it will be a drastic shift, it will only be drastic in terms of us looking to the future, or those looking back after the change has happened. eBook readers will have to become more commonplace, more accepted (to the point where we're comfortable seeing them as product placements on sitcoms). Prices will have to come down and manufacturing geared up to where anyone can pick them up (not thinking paperback cheap for the readers, but more along the lines of cellphone cheap - "
FREE*
*with 2 year paid subscription to Newsweek")
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Originally Posted by DebraSeattleGrrl
That being said, I've never had anyone ever autograph an e-book.
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We have the technology now, would be interesting to see an implementation, not so much "autographing", but the possibility of having an author annotating then digitally signing your file with his/her GPG key (or some other equivalent) ...