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How could anyone so involved with the industry be so out of touch with what is going on?
"PDAs ought to provide a decent reading experience, but as yet don't."
I don't have any trouble reading on my X5. Is anyone else having problems?
"E-books are not for recreational reading."???
Then why is Fictionwise adding over 100 "recreational reading" ebooks a week to their site?
"Publishers don't seem to understand that electronic books need to be short."
Why? I have ebook formats of technical manuals that are over 500 pages and novels that are over 200 pages (in print format) and they are just as readable as novellas that are only a few pages in length. (They just take longer to read)
"Most people want nothing to do with e-books, which seem to offer disadvantages over paper-based titles."
The only disadvantage I have seen or heard of is that sometimes the ebook costs as much or more than the paper version. This would seem to be a problem with the greed and ignorance of the particular publisher or vendor, not the ebook format. There are many sites with free ebooks, sales of ebooks, and decent prices on many (not all) ebooks.
The different formats for ebooks will work out in time just as different formats for film, radio, TV, VCRs, and video recorders (camcorders) has worked out in the past.
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