Comments on: If You Want to Meet a Girl, Don’t Get a Dog, Get an Ereader http://eeereader.net/2009/11/if-you-want-to-meet-a-girl-dont-get-a-dog-get-an-ereader/ Every ebook its ereader Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Arnold http://eeereader.net/2009/11/if-you-want-to-meet-a-girl-dont-get-a-dog-get-an-ereader/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Arnold Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:48:00 +0000 http://eeereader.net/?p=124#comment-37 Thanks for the insights Carol. The situation is similar in the Philippines, where I am right now. It's a good thing online shopping sites have gone international allowing us to order gadgets and get them ship to our country. In fact, I haven't seen a single ebook reader being sold in most local tech shops. I agree, it may not replace printed books outright, but don't you think it should, given the current state of the environment? Thanks for the insights Carol. The situation is similar in the Philippines, where I am right now. It’s a good thing online shopping sites have gone international allowing us to order gadgets and get them ship to our country.

In fact, I haven’t seen a single ebook reader being sold in most local tech shops. I agree, it may not replace printed books outright, but don’t you think it should, given the current state of the environment?

]]> By: Carol Andersen http://eeereader.net/2009/11/if-you-want-to-meet-a-girl-dont-get-a-dog-get-an-ereader/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Carol Andersen Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:36:24 +0000 http://eeereader.net/?p=124#comment-35 Here in Australia we are still waiting for a selection of e readers - only just trickling in to the country. But once they start arriving I am sure it will be a big market. They need to be cheaper, but remember how expensive MP3 players were at the start. Also mobile phones, even CD players. E books won't replace p books overnight, they are not quite like CD's or records as they have a more emotional attachment and can be a luxury item. Perhaps we will see more high-end books, leather binding etc as they become a "collector's item" rather than a utilitarian text book or throw-away paperback novel. But they will go - perhaps to the eternal relief of lots of trees! Here in Australia we are still waiting for a selection of e readers – only just trickling in to the country. But once they start arriving I am sure it will be a big market.
They need to be cheaper, but remember how expensive MP3 players were at the start. Also mobile phones, even CD players.
E books won’t replace p books overnight, they are not quite like CD’s or records as they have a more emotional attachment and can be a luxury item. Perhaps we will see more high-end books, leather binding etc as they become a “collector’s item” rather than a utilitarian text book or throw-away paperback novel. But they will go – perhaps to the eternal relief of lots of trees!

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