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When Will E-Books Become Mainstream?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the too-much-time-staring-at-a-computer-screen-already dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IBM developerWorks is running an interesting article dicussing the difficulties faced by e-books and what it might take to help them to 'break out'. What are some other ways to give books a 21st-century facelift?"

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  1. Re:When will they become mainstream? by Catbeller · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's the book publishers' terror:

    You, with your Apple iLibro, are reading the seventh book of the Harry Potter trilogy.

    Here comes your wide-eyed nephew. "Can I read it, please please please?" He's holding up his iLibro eagerly.

    "Sure", you say. Smiling, you tap on the "share me!" tab on the top of the iLibro's screen. Nephew's iLibro acks and receives the book in four seconds. MEEP.

    Nephew flops down on the grass, eagerly reading his new copy of HP.

    I've just made a publisher's heart skip four beats with this scene. THAT is why there are no eBook readers.

    We may have to make our own.