VERY good ebook article and discussion

cherdman · 05-08-2007, 05:56 PM

This is the best article/discussion on ebooks that I've ever stumbled upon. Perhaps you are already aware of it? It's from the official website of Charles Stross. FANTASTIC read (both the article and the discussion posts):

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...ook_marke.html

GeoffC · 03-22-2008, 11:41 AM

Illuminating .. especially the comments on economies ..

Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-22-2008, 01:42 PM

(I was pretty sure I'd read that before... that article is about a year old now.)

It's a bit unfortunate that he doesn't have any hard numbers... so his assertions that depend on percentages and figures are a bit suspect... but overall, his observations on the market are pretty good.

He obviously doesn't think much of high-priced dedicated readers, which I can't argue with. But his insistence that people won't buy high-priced readers may be inaccurate, because I suspect we haven't yet seen the feature-set that will compel average people to buy one... the "iPod of readers."

05-08-2007, 05:56 PM	#1
cherdman Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: T-E-X-A-S Device: Dell Axim X51v	VERY good ebook article and discussion This is the best article/discussion on ebooks that I've ever stumbled upon. Perhaps you are already aware of it? It's from the official website of Charles Stross. FANTASTIC read (both the article and the discussion posts): http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...ook_marke.html

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03-22-2008, 11:41 AM	#2
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Illuminating .. especially the comments on economies ..

03-22-2008, 01:42 PM	#3
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	(I was pretty sure I'd read that before... that article is about a year old now.) It's a bit unfortunate that he doesn't have any hard numbers... so his assertions that depend on percentages and figures are a bit suspect... but overall, his observations on the market are pretty good. He obviously doesn't think much of high-priced dedicated readers, which I can't argue with. But his insistence that people won't buy high-priced readers may be inaccurate, because I suspect we haven't yet seen the feature-set that will compel average people to buy one... the "iPod of readers."