[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I've been reading eBooks for something like 25 years (since the days of the Psion 3, in the early 1980s), so I'm afraid that for me, the idea that it's something "new" seems a little strange.

I never said it was "new". I said it was a fringe novelty for most of the reading for pleasure population, for the reasons stated.

I started reading eBooks in earnest on a Handspring Visor Deluxe perhaps 10 years ago, though I'd been reading electronic texts on a desktop or laptop prior to that . The main change was starting to read fiction in electronic form.

But then, I'm in the "reads alot" category, as well as qualifying as an early adopter, since I'm a tech and am always looking at new gadgets.

Fundamentally, dedicated readers are still a niche market item, though the niche is big enough thus far to support several vendors. Given the new offerings in the pipeline, the next question is when we see the shakeout as the market gets too crowded and some entrants fail/depart.
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Dennis