>From Jim Weinheimer: >To be fair, I think a lot of this [i.e.-- doubt that paper media is about to >disappear] comes from people who don't like to read off of a computer screen >(myself included!) and print things off so that they can be read more >comfortably.
MT: Maybe, but I think we're a little quick to suppose that those who seek digital materials necessarily don't also seek paper materials depending on specific needs, or vice-versa. As I've mentioned, one resident YA in my orbit cheerfully consumes media in all forms and so do I. I think this is more prevalent than we seem to credit in this discussion. JW: >A genuine ebook reader does not seem to be that far away. MT: The same could be said of commuter service to Mars (speaking of orbits...). I recently saw an ad for a new e-book reader that has a flexible screen that unfolds from the body of the handheld device. The screen is still irritatingly small. Why do we suppose that consumers of informational and recrational media want an all or nothing choice? "It's never too late to be up to date You can get it now, but you'll have to wait"--Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
