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Originally Posted by ahi
Why is it obvious that eBook readers are not for him? Isn't the more obvious conclusion that eBooks have some ways to go before they become an equal-or-better value alternative to paper books?
- Ahi
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I will completely agree that an eBook has less value than a decent hardcover. My Chicago Manual of Style was $55, and I have hardcover comic collections that were $75. I wouldn't pay anything like that for an eBook - but these are all very well-made high quality books and worth the money.
Having said that: before I started reading eBooks, much of my book budget went to mass-market paperback fiction, and I find eBooks to be a much better value proposition than mass-market paperbacks. E-ink isn't that much worse to my eyes - and the ability to resize the font depending on where I'm reading makes a huge difference to me - as does the ability to keep the whole series on the Reader.
(I know most people don't worry too much about resizing - and hence reflow - but I have progressive lenses, and when I'm lying in bed I'm reading through a different band than when I'm sitting in my chair. It's one of the reasons I started reading much less on paper before I went to eBooks.)
All books are not created equal - and a value proposition for one kind of book (and one reader) may not be the same for another.