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It's a shame that almost every expert in one field has to give advice on other fields they know nothing about.
I don't ask Neal Stephenson about prostate problem solutions or my IT colleague about plumbing problems in my bath. I think, at least for me, e-books are of high value. Prices got down considerably. Likewise, I started with an iRex Iliad, which cost me a fortune (for a student). Now you can get a decent e-book reader, at least for basic reading, for a few bucks. So, could it be cheaper and better? Sure, but keep it on a realistic level. ![]() |
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I'd say it is e-Inks 1, Doctorow 1. |
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If the assertion was that the devices were a dead end, then the recent growth in dedicated e-ink readers with note-taking and aubiobook capabilities suggests he was wrong, imo. The devices have evolved and are evolving.
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Are they niche devices? Sure. But in that same amount of time, look at what has happened to book stores. |
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I'll stick with eInks 1, Doctorow 0. Hitch |
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Me too. I have friends with kindles who couldn’t even download a book to their PC let alone manage a kobo or calibre
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Companies are stiil producing better ones and there is choice of size and if stylus or not. They were only about 3 years old (Amazon 1 yo) when Doctorow rubbished the ideas of dedicated ereaders and ebooks. SF writers and Futurists are usually worse than Fortune Tellers at the future (The successful Fortune Tellers cheat). SF is after all primarily entertainment. Last edited by Quoth; 12-20-2022 at 10:42 AM. |
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The average person doesn't even pay to read. Your average customer is paying to have ebooks produced. The average person doesn't do that. So I dunno why so many of your customers have einks, but I assume it has something to do with their aspirations as writers. |
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I tend to think that folks who don't really understand email, that don't understand how to download from a browser, or file formats, or why file extensions matter, or any of that stuff, really are pretty average, from a tech standpoint. No? I'm almost afraid to ask what you think the typical tech knowledge is, then, from an "average" person? Hitch |
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