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But the year isn't 2010 -- it's 2000, and the ebook market is about to go into hibernation for a decade. What went wrong, and what can the failure tell us about the prospects for ebooks in 2010?
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SHORT VERSION:
I think that the “failure”, if there is one, comes from commentators not fully understanding what is actually happening - which is a major re-definition of what the role of a “book” now is.
The real change is that the Internet now functions much like one large 'E-book' that can provide a substantial part of our reading needs, both for reference and for enjoyment. That's where most of the E-reading action of the last decade has really taken place (and it's how you're reading this right now...)