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nekokami · 09-09-2007, 08:40 PM

I have more fiction in ebooks because most fiction I like to read is SF, which is rather well represented in available ebooks. I would say this is probably partly because SF readers have been more technically capable and inclined toward converting (or reading) ebooks to this point. I'm given to understand that romance may have overtaken SF in terms of availability by now, but I have no data on this as I don't read romance.

The non-fiction I have tends to be about linguistics or education, both of which have been somewhat slow to adapt, though I do have some physics ebooks. Math uptake seems to be slow as well. I do have a bunch of computer science books in paper that would probably be available as ebooks, but I haven't even looked to see if they are, because if I'm looking at a computer reference book, there's a good chance something is wrong with my hardware and I might not be able to access an ebook. Also, even if the hardware is working correctly, I tend to be using my screen for something else at the same time that I'm trying to look something up. I'll use online references if I have them, but I don't go out of my way to acquire CS books in ebook form.

09-09-2007, 08:40 PM	#41
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I have more fiction in ebooks because most fiction I like to read is SF, which is rather well represented in available ebooks. I would say this is probably partly because SF readers have been more technically capable and inclined toward converting (or reading) ebooks to this point. I'm given to understand that romance may have overtaken SF in terms of availability by now, but I have no data on this as I don't read romance. The non-fiction I have tends to be about linguistics or education, both of which have been somewhat slow to adapt, though I do have some physics ebooks. Math uptake seems to be slow as well. I do have a bunch of computer science books in paper that would probably be available as ebooks, but I haven't even looked to see if they are, because if I'm looking at a computer reference book, there's a good chance something is wrong with my hardware and I might not be able to access an ebook. Also, even if the hardware is working correctly, I tend to be using my screen for something else at the same time that I'm trying to look something up. I'll use online references if I have them, but I don't go out of my way to acquire CS books in ebook form. Last edited by nekokami; 09-09-2007 at 08:43 PM.