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Originally Posted by Nathan Campos
Remember that eBooks are very nice for people and they help people to read more, because the are very better accessible.  |
Is that really true though?
Some things have to change before that is true in my mind.
This whole DRM thing needs to be fixed...
If I buy a paper book it's mine, to read anywhere I want...to keep, sell or give away....that is a very important thing missing from ebooks at the moment.
In my family we pass books around, we share, we read and then give the books away...until we can do that with ebooks, (not copy and share, but read and pass on), they will not take over.
I am not going to give my 14 year old nephew my Sony reader...but I will give him a book I finished.
My daughter got Under the Dome for Christmas yesterday...a paper book...
I know at least 6 or 7 people in my family will read that copy over the next year for the $20 it cost.
I bought the ebook version for myself for $10...and I will be the only one to read it.
So which is the better value?
I love my reader...but we have a long way to go before paper goes away...
Just my $0.02
Bob