Comments on: How ebooks will replace printed books

By: Viral Notebook » Mom, no worries. I will NEVER be using this again!

Viral Notebook » Mom, no worries. I will NEVER be using this again! — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:04:34 +0000

[...] tapes. I believe this to be true of books. In addition, as the technology becomes more mature, as Adrian Short points out in his blog, the pros of eBooks will eventually outweigh the cons. The convenience of [...]

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:40:57 +0000

Nice article,

Adrian, do you know of any advocacy groups on a student/faculty level that are active? I will continue my own search of course, but have found only one active campus with manufacturer support here in the US.

By: MrG

MrG — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:01:16 +0000

This made me envisage a future where I walk into someones living room and am NOT faced with walls covered in shelves groaning with the weight of old books which were read only once (if they were lucky).

Without all this “padding” (reverting to css-think now) rooms will be larger or maybe rooms can become smaller, cheaper to heat etc.

On the downside, I wont be able to make that sweeping scan of titles which might provide the briefest hatched thumbnail about the background and past interests of the owner of the room – but I guess I’ll be doing that from his/her FOAF file or online profile somehow.

You just opened a little window onto the future for me, thanks.

By: Graham Dash

Graham Dash — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:11:18 +0000

But the iPad doesn’t use e-ink which will make it uncomfortable to read as is a laptop screen. Until there’s a colour e-ink e-book reader or tablet I’m keeping away.
I do agree though with your overall view in comparing the e-book with cameras.