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Old 09-30-2009, 12:24 AM   #31
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Where have all the barnstormers gone?
Gone to soldiers every one?
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Old 09-30-2009, 12:57 AM   #32
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Why is it obvious that eBook readers are not for him? Isn't the more obvious conclusion that eBooks have some ways to go before they become an equal-or-better value alternative to paper books?

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Yes, that was implied. More accurate would have been to say "current" eBook readers are not for him. I am certain that one day ebook readers will be so cheap and good that paper books will almost disappear, become museum pieces. But this is a long way off.
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Hope your dreamily optimistic prediction is accurate for the sake of your intellect. (i.e.: Otherwise you might end up with most books available to you being unremarkable fiction written by uninspired authors caught-up but soon to be dropped from the claws of the publishing industry.)

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Are you implying that all that is available now in ebook format is unremarkable fiction? I've got Dostoevsky, Kafka and Ayn Rand on my 505 right now. I've also got quite a lot of good nonfiction as well (e.g. Walden, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin). I don't think you can seriously argue that sticking to ebooks is bad for the intellect. There's easily enough great works to last anyone many years even if no more ebooks were ever published.
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