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DixieGal · 03-19-2009, 02:57 PM

Because of goofing off at MR so much, and a few people I know now having ebook readers, I have a false sense of riding a wave that everyone is catching. However, when I look around me with my eyes wide open, those few people and me are the only ones I see using ebook readers.

I think the Amazon debacle will be a setback. Bad decisions made the tech world's news, while good decisions from Fictionwise, Sony, et al, go unreported due to there being little to warrant an outcry.

In my not-so-humble-but-worthless-anyway opinion, I think 2011 or 2012 is a more reasonable estimate, at the very soonest. In the US, Americans for the most part are quick to adopt new technology. Unfortunately, they are not big reading fans, at least in my part of the country.

Now sell 'em an iTouch that they can watch college football on, and you'll be rich.

03-19-2009, 02:57 PM	#3
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Because of goofing off at MR so much, and a few people I know now having ebook readers, I have a false sense of riding a wave that everyone is catching. However, when I look around me with my eyes wide open, those few people and me are the only ones I see using ebook readers. I think the Amazon debacle will be a setback. Bad decisions made the tech world's news, while good decisions from Fictionwise, Sony, et al, go unreported due to there being little to warrant an outcry. In my not-so-humble-but-worthless-anyway opinion, I think 2011 or 2012 is a more reasonable estimate, at the very soonest. In the US, Americans for the most part are quick to adopt new technology. Unfortunately, they are not big reading fans, at least in my part of the country. Now sell 'em an iTouch that they can watch college football on, and you'll be rich.