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Originally Posted by purl4peace
Frankly, I don't NEED a reader any more than I NEED a TV or MP3 player or just about any gadget you could name (including dishwashers, toaster ovens etc). However, I ENJOY it and it makes reading much more enjoyable.
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True if you want to get into the semantics. Then I'd rephrase my early statement to say that most people don't read enough to WANT an e-reader.
Certainly not on the level of people who watch enough TV to WANT a TV, or movies to WANT a DVD player etc.
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Originally Posted by Alisa
I just don't see stand-alone reading devices being with us long term. They're a stop along the road. I'm glad I have one for now but I doubt I'll have one ten years from now. Maybe not even five. They make sense with the tech as it stands now but the only thing you can count on is change.
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Agreed. Dedicated e-ink readers will stick around a while even with multi-function things coming out as the hardcore readers will want them for the long battery life and ease on the eyes.
But once tech improves to where we can have small, light tablet devices that do even better for reading than current e-readers but also do internet, video, etc. etc. they'll vanish.
Bookworms will buy these new devices and mainly only use the reader functions. The mainstream will buy them for other functions and maybe occasionally read an e-book on them (and thus expand the market for e-books since there are many more of them than avid readers).