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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Well, I meet dozens of people on a regular basis for whom they are. Words are, in fact, all they're interested in. The rest is nice to have at times, perhaps, but not considered essential. Pair that with other advantages of digital formats (hooray for full text search!) and you can imagine where the future's headed.
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Are you saying that people who enjoy the physical feeling of books do not exist?
I can easily proof you're wrong.
Not today, or tomorrow. Not even next year, but eventually it will. Printed books will become a niche market for bibliophile collectors and connoisseurs. The mass market will be almost entirely digital.
That's what I'm saying.
When ebooks will give the tactile, olfattive and auditive feeling that books do, they'll completely replace printed books.
Not now.
Not in the next decade.
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Of course not. People still sail for fun. But how large a percentage of the world's shipping is done on sailing ships? How many commercial passengers moved?
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Again you're just repeating what I said.
I0m talking about people who read for fun, which is the vast majority of non schooltext book market today.
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Exactly. Books will be around, no worries, the way LPs and analog photography still are. Niche markets, as I've said.
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I bet that "niche" market will be one third of the whole at least.
Until ebooks give a complete and a better experience for a lower price.