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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I think "nothing wrong with the current format" is the key fact. My original question "So what are the compelling reasons to buy ebooks and ebook viewers" got largely the responses I expected. They may be compelling reasons for the folks who hang out here. They are unlikely to be all that compelling to the majority of the book reading public. Until that majority gets a compelling reason. ebooks will remain a niche market.
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I think the important point is that many of the groups I mentioned largely don't know that this is an option for them. How many older people with failing eyesight, who buy what large-print books they can find, know about e-books' print variability? How many parents know that their kids don't have to ruin their backs if they get their texts on e-readers? How many Mac users don't know that they can get e-books?
If they are told, through marketing, that a better way exists for them, I believe many of them will be compelled to check e-books out.