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Originally Posted by DixieGal
Now sell 'em an iTouch that they can watch college football on, and you'll be rich.
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Yeah the key for ebooks really taking off will be multi function devices with good reader functions. Will take something with a bigger screen that's easier on the eyes and has longer batter life when using the screen than the iPhone/iTouch though.
Avid readers just aren't a huge market compared to people into music, movies, games etc. these days. But get ebooks selling on a multifunction device that these people have and you'll see ebooks sales taking off when you have casual readers buying them on their multifunction device. Vs. now just having avid readers buying expensive devices like the Kindle.
Such devices probably won't be as good as dedicated readers for avid readers (likely won't have e-ink screens--at least not in the near future--since those screens can't do video etc.), but they'll be fine for the people just reading a couple books a year.