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watcha · 08-28-2007, 07:03 PM

What does seem to be forgotten here is that paper is friction-free as far as powering it goes. Maybe at night time we need electricity for the reading lamp. Music (for those drawing on the iPod experience) has always needed power (even winding up the old gramaphones) to reproduce it. Why go to all the hassle of needing to switch on, power up, download and keep re-charging a device for a read when it's so easy to turn a page of paper? That's why there is no great take-up of e-books. Price is the only way to start a reading revolution. In fact, I reckon the experience will have to be virtually free - just like some of the newspapers now distributed in our UK cities.
PS I love my iLiad.

08-28-2007, 07:03 PM	#160
watcha Not so junior! Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK Device: iRex Iliad	Paper holds the power What does seem to be forgotten here is that paper is friction-free as far as powering it goes. Maybe at night time we need electricity for the reading lamp. Music (for those drawing on the iPod experience) has always needed power (even winding up the old gramaphones) to reproduce it. Why go to all the hassle of needing to switch on, power up, download and keep re-charging a device for a read when it's so easy to turn a page of paper? That's why there is no great take-up of e-books. Price is the only way to start a reading revolution. In fact, I reckon the experience will have to be virtually free - just like some of the newspapers now distributed in our UK cities. PS I love my iLiad.