tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25329766.post5668609389936238855..comments2023-11-05T04:27:53.427-08:00Comments on enormous yes: Where are the eReaders?Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794389045046110917noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25329766.post-50894065084941094192008-08-13T07:42:00.000-07:002008-08-13T07:42:00.000-07:00Apparently Waterstones are going to have a big e-r...Apparently Waterstones are going to have a big e-reader push, with models on display in store - because it's impossible to convey the look-feel (if that doesn't exist... it does now) the electronic ink format in video/still images.<BR/>And Kindle is doing pretty well for Amazon US.<BR/>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/12/kindle_selling_well/<BR/><BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, I'm not in favour of e-readers. I didn't shed a tear for vinyl, but books will be much harder to swallow.<BR/><BR/>But I do think it's inevitable. One generation down the line and you'll have kids that have never read a real book, only e-tomes.<BR/>---<BR/>Meantimes I will construct a small castle out of discarded Jeffrey Archers, and it will be known as the Hopeless Hell-Castle of Perpetual Disgust.Barringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546179808670710605noreply@blogger.com