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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
I disagree, mostly because restoring at least some of that functionality is merely a technical challenge, rather than a structural issue.
I see no reason why we need to abandon the idea of, for example, annotating an ebook just because the current crop of ebook readers isn't good at it.
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MS word can be said is merely an electronic typewriter, and while they share many traits, the fundamental way they are used and the workflow are vastly different. This is what I mean when I speak about reinventing when it comes to ebooks. Here we are on an ebook site ostensibly all of us ebook pundits, but still many (and I am not inferring you) still resist embracing a change from paper to reader. Think about how many time a week or a day we print out things to paper only to read them and then discard them. With just a little discipline and effort one can accomplish the same thing merely by reading it online, or copying it to your ebook reader.
I don't think annotation should be thrown out but I do believe it may have to be accomplished in a vastly different way then it is done today, given the change in medium and presentation and we should be open to exploring those new ways.