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Originally Posted by Moejoe
The Video Game industry is bigger than Hollywood. Anecodatly I know more people who play video games at age 30+ than I do people who read on a regular basis.
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Same here. At least when confined to leisure reading as us academics all spend a lot of time reading journal articles, academic books, students papers etc. Probably why so few do much leisure reading and do other stuff in their free time--like play video games.
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I'm not sure there's much room for singular-use devices in a future where the multi-function device becomes the norm.
This is not to say the e-book itself won't be popular, just that it will be read on a multi-function device that is able to do a lot more.
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Agree 100%. I definitely see a device in the future that's basically a more functional and portable tablet PC that nearly everyone has and uses to read, surf the net, watch videos, take notes etc. etc. It will use color e-ink or something else thats easy on the eyes and has long battery life etc.
Something like that will come along a make ereaders that do nothing but display books, magazines etc. obsolete, and will expand ebooks to a wider market than these single purpose ereaders ever could.
I love my Kindle, but ereaders are a niche within a niche since not that many people are avid readers anymore. So it will take a good multipurpose device to really spike ebook interest and sales. Many won't buy a reader, but they may by ebooks if they have a device that has a lot of features and is also a good reader (unlikely the iPhone with it's tiny back lit screen).