On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 06:00:41PM -0400, rvijay07 wrote:
I spoke to about 10 people in the last week that I personally know. The aged are hesitant to stay long infront of the Computer due to eye strain etc.,
That's just the opposite of the comments I get from from those with aging eyesight. . .they tell me it is MUCH easier to read when they get to choose the font and size.
Those who go to school etc., are busy with their studies.
Schools here are moving more and more to eBooks, see New York Times article referenced in today's PT1 Newsletter that just went out.
In general society still hasn't got comfortable with the idea of EBooks. It is something that they will read if they have to or have no other choice it appears.
With the price of books going through the roof, and the price of computers so unbelievably low, the cost/benefit ratio alone will be enough. However, I think a LOT of this has to do with a generation gap thing, that will become more and more obvious as time goes on. The next generations will look at screens more than paper, not that they aren't doing that already.
Even I myself started liking EBooks only like a month ago. Hence, PG may have a bumpy growth as and when more people get comfortable with using EBooks. These people by the way are not familar with ebook readers as well and the advantages that they offer.
I don't think most people are familiar with eBook readers at all. More than twice as many people seem to read from PDAs as eBook readers, and about the same read from PPC's as eBook readers, not to mention those who use desktops and laptops. The percentages will continue to grow, esp. as schools required iBooks, laptops, etc. Michael