Comments on: The Future of eBooks… http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/ The Digital Magazine Devoted to eBooks Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:36:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Boultbee - Official Blog » The future is here and it arrived early http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-17425 David Boultbee - Official Blog » The future is here and it arrived early Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:48:19 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-17425 [...] was just over two months ago when I published a post (The Future of eBooks) that included a chart from Forrester Research Inc. showing the growth drivers for eReaders. It [...] [...] was just over two months ago when I published a post (The Future of eBooks) that included a chart from Forrester Research Inc. showing the growth drivers for eReaders. It [...]

]]> By: obra: anales http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-17087 obra: anales Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-17087 mm... nice mm… nice

]]> By: Andrea http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-16865 Andrea Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:32:14 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-16865 i have heard a lot of good things about kindle and have always wanted to try using it... only i'm from outside of the u.s... pretty sure there are a lot like me who would've used it if it were available, kindle truly is missing a lot from that market... i have heard a lot of good things about kindle and have always wanted to try using it… only i’m from outside of the u.s… pretty sure there are a lot like me who would’ve used it if it were available, kindle truly is missing a lot from that market…

]]> By: Samuel Goldstein http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-16708 Samuel Goldstein Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:20:35 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-16708 Just to add to the Kindle discussion. While the machine itself is great, I dont see myself getting one because I already have an iPhone. Now I know what you are thinking, small screen yada yada. I probably read more news (NYTimes, CNN, BBC) on my iPhone than I do in print. Would I want to read a novel on my iPhone? No. But I wouldnt want to read it on a Kindle either. Two cents Just to add to the Kindle discussion.

While the machine itself is great, I dont see myself getting one because I already have an iPhone.

Now I know what you are thinking, small screen yada yada.

I probably read more news (NYTimes, CNN, BBC) on my iPhone than I do in print. Would I want to read a novel on my iPhone? No. But I wouldnt want to read it on a Kindle either.

Two cents

]]> By: Iouri Haller http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-16706 Iouri Haller Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:48:30 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-16706 It not the market of Ebooks. It is the offer of Ebooks in the market. Demand is not present any. A distribution infrastructure - chaotic. There was a possibility to publish the texts on the Internet and all have started to be engaged in it. Why not? Every day on the Internet there are 400 000 new users. This advertising company also is calculated on them with ereaders. Actually, while there is nothing to read, except instructions - how to read and what to read. I exaggerate. And digital copies of paper books is as meal reflexion in a mirror. Looks also, and to sense any. It not the market of Ebooks. It is the offer of Ebooks in the market. Demand is not present any. A distribution infrastructure – chaotic. There was a possibility to publish the texts on the Internet and all have started to be engaged in it. Why not? Every day on the Internet there are 400 000 new users. This advertising company also is calculated on them with ereaders. Actually, while there is nothing to read, except instructions – how to read and what to read. I exaggerate. And digital copies of paper books is as meal reflexion in a mirror. Looks also, and to sense any.

]]> By: David Boultbee http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-16698 David Boultbee Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:57:51 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-16698 You nailed it Angelica and Zi - waiting for the cost to come down. Don't worry, it will happen and personally I wouldn't be surprised if it happened earlier than predicted. You nailed it Angelica and Zi – waiting for the cost to come down. Don’t worry, it will happen and personally I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened earlier than predicted.

]]> By: Angelica Hart and Zi http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-16697 Angelica Hart and Zi Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:04:47 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-16697 Great article. I used to have an Rocketbook, and adore it, used it constantly and morned it when it died. I'm waiting for the cost to come down on the various new readers, and then I'll purchase. In the meantime, I'll continue to use my laptop. I pop in a cd for sound effect, and read away. Great article. I used to have an Rocketbook, and adore it, used it constantly and morned it when it died. I’m waiting for the cost to come down on the various new readers, and then I’ll purchase. In the meantime, I’ll continue to use my laptop. I pop in a cd for sound effect, and read away.

]]> By: David Boultbee http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-16696 David Boultbee Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:44:06 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-16696 Thanks for the comments John. In the interest of full disclosure I have an eBook in the market as well, although I don't own an eBook reader. Not yet anyway. Once the price comes down and the features improve, I'll be there. Thanks for the comments John. In the interest of full disclosure I have an eBook in the market as well, although I don’t own an eBook reader. Not yet anyway. Once the price comes down and the features improve, I’ll be there.

]]> By: David Boultbee http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-16695 David Boultbee Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:19:49 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-16695 Sounds like a feature request to me Alison. It would great to have a device that offers the option of being backlit or not. As for the eBooks, not only are they often available long before the paperback is available, there are some publishers that offer eBooks only, in which case an eBook reader is your only option. Sounds like a feature request to me Alison. It would great to have a device that offers the option of being backlit or not. As for the eBooks, not only are they often available long before the paperback is available, there are some publishers that offer eBooks only, in which case an eBook reader is your only option.

]]> By: Allison Knight http://www.ebookguru.org/2009/06/the-future-of-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-16694 Allison Knight Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:00:34 +0000 http://www.ebookguru.org/?p=590#comment-16694 I have a Sony reader and my husband has an eBookwise reader. He likes the backlight, I'd just as soon read in the light. The biggest advantage to us is two fold. First we can change the font. As you age, for some, your eyesight deteriorates. Our has! Second, the bestsellers we like to buy are priced less than the bound copy and are often available in e-book format long before the paperback is available. Allison I have a Sony reader and my husband has an eBookwise reader. He likes the backlight, I’d just as soon read in the light.
The biggest advantage to us is two fold. First we can change the font. As you age, for some, your eyesight deteriorates. Our has! Second, the bestsellers we like to buy are priced less than the bound copy and are often available in e-book format long before the paperback is available.

Allison

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