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Originally Posted by RWJ
Not necessarily - they could read ebooks on their computers, as many people here did before they bought their readers, and as many people here, for that matter, still do.
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It's an interesting point, and I don't know, but would those in the clutches of poverty be able to afford a computer and the neccessary internet subscription to download books onto that computer?
I know in my own neighborhood there's very few people (2 that I personally know of) who actually own their own a computer, let alone a land line to connect that computer onto the web. Yes, this is what you would call an 'impoverished' area, high crime, high unemployment and the neccesity of that life is survival. That's what I hope I'm addressing. If we want literacy, the adoption of computers and e-reading devices, how do we reach these people who have no money at all? Technology should benefit all, in my understanding, not just those who can afford it.