The truth is that I do NOT think it will be all that long. However, I have been rather disapppointed to see many major players, at least they SAID they were major players, in the eBook world simply vanish. Whap happened to: Lou Burnard, Oxford Text Archive Bob Hollander, Princeton/Rutgers? Michael Seaman?, U Virginia Not to mention all those people posing for the cameras when the big Google announcement hit? However, I think it is more likely, not less, that someone else should come along to relaceme me in time. ;) On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:

michael said:

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I wonder how long it will be before we see other people out there committed to a lifetime career dedicated to the advancement of eBooks?

i think you're unique, michael, and always will be.

that's not to negate the _serious_ committment of time and energy and love that _many_ people are donating to the cause, such as juliet at d.p. among others there, or nicholas hodson, or david harrada, or the whitewashers, and a whole slew of us others.

but none have been as instrumental as you...

-bowerbird