MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - e-books and book clubs don't gel

pdam · 11-28-2006, 04:25 PM

I've been trying to get my Ludite wife to at least give an e-book a try (I have finally managed and as a non believer she was perfectly happy with the experience, however still couldn't see the benefit for her personally).

So ... I had a look at what she is and has been reading. Various magazines (non available in e-format to speak of), a few classics (I could find most of these on manybooks) and books she reads for her two book clubs ... this is where the problems was.

Given that my wife wants and has to read the books on her book club list, the fact that only about half were available on Sony Connect (I actually have an iLiad, for which even less content is available for the average non-technical reader) means that such a device simply isn't yet practical for the average non-technical avid reader ...

Does anyone have experience/knowledge of eInk type devices being adopted by non-technical, general (rather than vertical interest) interest readers yet?

11-28-2006, 04:25 PM	#1
pdam Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 100 Join Date: Aug 2006 Device: iLiad, iPaq, Psion5&7, Blackberry	e-books and book clubs don't gel I've been trying to get my Ludite wife to at least give an e-book a try (I have finally managed and as a non believer she was perfectly happy with the experience, however still couldn't see the benefit for her personally). So ... I had a look at what she is and has been reading. Various magazines (non available in e-format to speak of), a few classics (I could find most of these on manybooks) and books she reads for her two book clubs ... this is where the problems was. Given that my wife wants and has to read the books on her book club list, the fact that only about half were available on Sony Connect (I actually have an iLiad, for which even less content is available for the average non-technical reader) means that such a device simply isn't yet practical for the average non-technical avid reader ... Does anyone have experience/knowledge of eInk type devices being adopted by non-technical, general (rather than vertical interest) interest readers yet?