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I wonder how long it'll be before we're pretty much left with only being able to get e-books.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Feb 16 '11, 09:15

I really don't look forward to that...I love the idea of page turning and the tactile nature of a book and such.

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- Give TFox a break. He's a new daddy. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:30
Not in our lifetimes. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 09:27
I honestly don't want to have to depend on battery life to be able to read sometimes. - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 09:26 4
- It won't work for you in the event of an apocalypse, but these e-ink readers last incredibly long. -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 09:28 3
  - solar charging ereader :) -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:28 2
    - Oh sure and then when the sun burns out? Huh? Hmmm? -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 09:29 1
      - *turns the crank* -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:30
*shrug* even if that happens eventually, it'll leave you with a vast number of cheap printed books available if you want to read that way....nm - x Feb 16, 09:22 1
- Exactly, there's just more physical product than lps or cds. And this is the first "new" format. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 09:29
Decades. And there will always be print. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 09:20 10
- this. It's like CDs. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:21 9
  - They're two different issues. CDs are dead. -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:55 2
    - That's a surprise to the purveyors of CDs. -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 09:56 1
      - uh, then they haven't been paying attention to their yearly numbers ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:57
  - actually, I think vinyl will be a good comparison. - Kim Pine Feb 16, 09:24 1
    - Well, vinyl isn't being produced for all music today. I a large majority of music is still produced on CDs, and you can still find it if you want to, - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:27
  - It actually took some effort a year or two ago to find a CD player for Andrew (ended up finding one on Amazon that wasn't too bad). -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:22 1
    - I saw them at Target and CVS when I was looking for Logan. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 09:34
  - You mean vinyl, right? :) -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 09:22 1
    - Vinyl sales are actually on the rise! - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:23
I used to feel that way. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 16, 09:20
I think it's going to be something like the way it's been with horses. Horses used to be essential, just about everybody used them. Now they're for - mara Feb 16, 09:19 2
- No more librarians! Yes!! - steve114 si Feb 16, 09:21 1
  - Ha! Libraries already have more nonprint resources than print. -- nm - mara Feb 16, 09:23
I don't think they will go away completely. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:17
Amy and I were discussing this the other day. With Tablet and Reader prices plummeting it will increase.... - Remlik Feb 16, 09:17
Kids books don't exactly lend themselves to ebooks... yet. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:15 2
- *builds kindle with chewable corners* -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 09:17 1
  - heh -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:17

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I wonder how long it'll be before we're pretty much left with only being able to get e-books.

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