Comment It's not the format, it's the cost (Score 1) 277
I'm a big consumer of ebooks for my handheld. I've used several readers and several formats over the years, without becoming particularly attached (or annoyed) by any of them.
What's keeping ebooks from taking off is cost. For contemporary titles, they charge as much for the e- version as the paper version. That's nuts. In a year or so, I'll probably have a completely different hardware (which may recognize the ebook format, but possibly not my authorization to use it). I just won't pay the same for electrons as I do for ink and wood pulp.
So I get to read a lot of 19th Century novels :)
What's keeping ebooks from taking off is cost. For contemporary titles, they charge as much for the e- version as the paper version. That's nuts. In a year or so, I'll probably have a completely different hardware (which may recognize the ebook format, but possibly not my authorization to use it). I just won't pay the same for electrons as I do for ink and wood pulp.
So I get to read a lot of 19th Century novels
