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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
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Publishers will not go broke by underestimating people's interest in the technical aspects of ebooks....
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And this is the reason, why ereaders will likely not become ubiquitous, until standardization, large screens, and color come to be, at reasonable prices.
I am really starting to think, that an Apple tablet may usher all these things, and bring a new era for publishing. Just like the iPhone did for smart phones.
If they partner with magazine/newspaper publishers, and a few booksellers (remember the iPAD survey item), and get full-color, large format content on the screen of a slim, easy to use device, then it will be all over for the Kindles and Sonys. And such a tablet will also do movies, and web, and photos, etc..
I personally like e-ink, but it's current limitations are just too numerous for mass consumption.
So, how does this rant relate to PDFs? If Apple brings out a large screen tablet, all those PDFs people are used to viewing on their laptops and desktops, will also be viewable on their iPADs (or whatever.) And all this talk of .mobi and ePub will die off.