tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post648356700128183217..comments2023-10-23T06:31:29.964-07:00Comments on Fantasy Thoughts from My Easy Chair: E-Publications: Are they Elitist?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-36690970898236550272011-11-29T09:37:55.893-08:002011-11-29T09:37:55.893-08:00Maria, your comments underline how complicated the...Maria, your comments underline how complicated the subject is. And yes, individual preferences complicate matters further.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-49155945617363636062011-11-29T05:24:58.709-08:002011-11-29T05:24:58.709-08:00The only hardbacks I buy are nonfiction, which are...The only hardbacks I buy are nonfiction, which are the only books I'll read more than once. <br /><br />Ref: Mary mentioned e-readers becoming obsolete.<br /><br />I agree, but only if technology can come up with a stable e-ink for their "pads". The thing that differentiates (Non-color) e-readers from i-pad and Fire is that it uses e-ink which gives you the same eye-comfort as reading from an actual book. Plus you can increase the type size.<br /><br />Even the newer e-readers are including limited internet access, so they're already changing with the times. My Nook does Google searches.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-78892318304175404842011-11-28T09:24:25.467-08:002011-11-28T09:24:25.467-08:00Mary, technology is one of the things I wonder abo...Mary, technology is one of the things I wonder about too. I look at my Kindle and think 8-track player.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-20164622088520795512011-11-27T18:27:17.369-08:002011-11-27T18:27:17.369-08:00I'd have to say I agree with you. I have a Kin...I'd have to say I agree with you. I have a Kindle, but I don't use it that much, mainly because I frequent the library so much. I almost never read a book a second time through, so I think it a waste to buy something I have no interest going back to. Thanks for the insight!<br /><br />Food for thought -- E-readers (technology that specifically performs that function and that function alone) are predicted to be obsolete by the end of this century because of products like the iPad. There will be no reason for an item that functions only as a book. Think about how much money everyone will be shelling out for smarter and smarter technology? How broke does the average household need to be before they have "everything they need"? I prefer the free books on my library shelf.Mary Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429769115085903305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-52820766145829127932011-11-27T12:57:00.384-08:002011-11-27T12:57:00.384-08:00Too bad we can't sit down for a cup of coffee....Too bad we can't sit down for a cup of coffee. I'm sure we'd have an interesting conversation over all the aspects of this complicated subject.<br /><br />For the record, I'm an indie e-published author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-16495052638787147602011-11-27T11:24:14.517-08:002011-11-27T11:24:14.517-08:00Well, think about it this way. There was a time, n...Well, think about it this way. There was a time, not really that long ago, in the grand scheme of thing, when books were something only the rich could afford. Poor people couldn't afford them. Poor people couldn't afford to read. <br /><br />But time marches on and education and technology made reading, information and books available cheaply to the masses. The current trend with ebooks and ereaders is just time moving forward yet again. <br /><br />But ereaders are coming down in price. Many ebooks are more affordable than paper books. If there is any gap between the haves and the have-nots where ebooks are concerned it won't last long. <br /><br />And honestly, books HAVE to go electronic if literature is to survive the coming generations of people who grew up on iphones and all the other devices. The future is going to be different and if we want kids reading 50 years from now ebooks are a good thing.Sarah McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985261436020635823noreply@blogger.com