Many thanks to Val at CMI who commented that she would only use an e-device if she was travelling.
She also made an interesting comment about finding information in an e-reference book a pain because of all the scrolling back and forth.
Anyway, with only 2 predictions under my blog, I have come to a conclusion. Whether I am right or not, only the years will tell.
- E-reading will never be the first choice of book lovers. It will be the choice of convenience for people who travel or who live abroad and cannot get their hands on books.
- Anything you can see on a screen can be hacked. Therefore it is no use publishers spending huge amounts of money trying to protect e-books. One must assume that they will be accessed and shared freely amongst the e-community.
- The price of e-books will end up around a fiver for new novels. Any publisher hoping to charge near enough the full hardback price will sell mighty few.
Not very encouraging for the e-reader, but I think developers are trying to create something that few people actually want or will use. The idea looks good on paper (forgive the irony) but whether it is something people can really be bothered with is another matter. People will, however, use their phones for pretty much e-everything.
Naturellement, I could be way off the mark.
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Here Downunder there is a plan to put health records on line. It has been pointed out that if they are put on line they will not be confidential. Government response?
Oh, we have developed an unhackable system. I don't think so.
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