Holding the book in your hand, then fingers as the plot or information compels them to turn the pages on automatic pilot, thereby finally winning a coveted spot in a bibliophile's library is the story of a good book finding Heaven. Here, read my E-Book techo gadget is just close to the same.
Kindle costing in at $360US has new competition from Sony at $300US for the hearts and minds of the tech savvy bliblioratti. Electronic books are an individual media. All books travel with you in the sterile, yet densely packed device. For those who enjoy sharing a good read and will not panic when the book stays over night with a friend, handing over the electronic version will not happening. It is the equivalent of giving up the whole library cold turkey - that's a
Hell No. Can you imagine leaving the damn thing on an airplane? Now that's money down the tubes as each reading edition has to be bought too.
Getting an E-Book and the hard copy is pricey and the
province of wealthy readers. Sony versus Kindle is boring. Each E-book device is upgrading and doing other business hocus pocus to
entice a wary audience of book lovers to commit. Its like the Blue Ray thing - eventually there will be a standard and an open format that will benefit reader, publisher and author. I personally can't see myself with a device and calling myself a reader. I do electronic reading on one device. Mine is called a laptop.
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