5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet | Epicenter | Wired.com

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"There are no two ways about it: E-books are here to stay. Unless something as remarkable as Japan’s reversion to the sword occurs, digital books are the 21st century successor to print. And yet the e-book is fundamentally flawed. There are some aspects to print book culture that e-books can’t replicate (at least not easily) — yet....[H]ere are five things about e-books that might give you pause about saying good riddance to the printed page. Fix these problems, and there really will be no limits to the e-book’s growth....[4] E-books are positioned as disposable, but aren’t priced that way. This one is simple, and also easy to oversimplify since people still have to get paid. But until e-books truly add new value, the way Hollywood did with DVD extras, it’s just annoying to plunk down $13 for what amounts to a rental. E-books cost virtually nothing to produce, and yet the baseline cover price, set by publishers, is only fractionally below the discount price for the print version of new releases. E-books can’t be shared, donated to your local library shelter, or re-sold...."

Link:

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/06/ebooks-not-there-yet/all/1

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Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.business_models oa.books oa.drm

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 13:34

Date published:

06/06/2011, 14:33