Re:The Real E-Publishing Story: It’s Not the Millionaires, I...
by telent on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @03:49PM
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> there are still plenty of cases -- students going to exams, book that depend on exact layout, etc -- where ebooks are no substitute.
Quite. Does anyone yet make an ereader that can safely and sanely be used in the bath?
Re:The Real E-Publishing Story: It’s Not the Millionaires, I...
by Kuiper on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @05:33PM
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As jolhoeft remarked, sealing the e-reader in a plastic bag will do in a pinch. You can't (comfortably) do this with a bound volume. How exactly is this a point in favor of dead trees?
I worry less about water damage to my Kindle than I worry about water damage to physical books, even without any sort of protective covering. If I spill coffee on my Kindle, I simply wipe it off. If I spill coffee on a bound volume of paper, I consider it to be "ruined." My Kindle has demonstrated far greater fortitude than paper in weathering spills.
Books are technically obsolete, but there are still plenty of cases -- stundents going to exams, book that depend on exact layout, etc -- where ebooks are no substitute.
An the skills in marketing, layout, editing, etc that the publishers have build up over the years are as needed now as they have ever been.
The only way the publishers will fail is if they don't adapt.
And even then, people are still selling horse drawn buggies (http://www.buggy.com/ -- warning early 90 design) on the internet.