Comment I would love to ... (Score 1) 589
As someone about to head off on a 6 month trip around asia, I would love to have a functioning e-book to take along. Currently I have a pile of travel books at home a bit over a foot high (borrowed from friends) - I would love to take them with me, but just dont have the space in my luggage. I would also happily read some 15 novels or so during my trip - again, no space. So I am kind of stuck with a single travel book which covers all of asia without any detail, and a hope that I will be able to find a good english novel somewhere in a village in northern Burma.
An ebook would be great - as many books as I want to take in a package smaller than my current novel; easy searching in the travel book, preferrably with hyperlinks.
Whats stopping me - battery power, and a lack of titles to choose from. Once ebooks supported a huge range of titles, each at a reasonable price (ie much cheaper than the dead tree variety, because I assume I wont be able to ever transfer it to another reader) and once the battery life issue is solved (ie no backlight!) then I would jump in.
An ebook would be great - as many books as I want to take in a package smaller than my current novel; easy searching in the travel book, preferrably with hyperlinks.
Whats stopping me - battery power, and a lack of titles to choose from. Once ebooks supported a huge range of titles, each at a reasonable price (ie much cheaper than the dead tree variety, because I assume I wont be able to ever transfer it to another reader) and once the battery life issue is solved (ie no backlight!) then I would jump in.
