Thursday, April 12, 2012

ebooks and ereaders?

This is based on no research and really only personal anecdotal OPINION but I believe that ereaders will be short-lived.  Note, I did not say ebooks, but eREADERS!  Currently, I do most of my pleasure reading on my phone.  I need to figure out how to do a poll on here and see what you all do.
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8 comments:

  1. bizziApril 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM

    Did you mean eReaders as a device or eReaders a type of reader??

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  2. RobynApril 12, 2012 at 10:57 AM

    I meant the device...I think people will eread on SOMETHING for a while...until we start just importing books/ideas/experiences into people's brains...that will take a little while though.

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  3. RobbieApril 12, 2012 at 11:02 AM

    I think if human readers can get what they want when they want it then eReaders (as a device) will only increase in popularity. But will they look like the devices we have right now?

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  4. AllysonApril 12, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    I don't know enough to say whether Ereaders are a sustainable trend. There are really useful for travel and quick dissemination of books, but not as good for pleasure reading or reading to children.

    If you'd like to do some reading up on Ebooks in libraries, I've started curating a Scoop.it site here:
    http://www.scoop.it/t/ebook-era-in-libraries

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  5. RobynApril 12, 2012 at 11:22 AM

    Interesting...my little guy (aged almost 6) happens to love reading on an ereader. So many of the "books" are really interactive...with instructions like "touch the two words that rhyme." On Gammy's tablet, he can even record himself reading which delights him as you might imagine...that age loves to see themselves in movies, pictures and hear themselves recorded! Great for literacy.

    I can actually see ereaders as having a longer life as a tool for teaching kids to read than I can for "other." I don't like my nonfiction reference type books on an ereader yet but who knows, maybe that will change. I certainly am happy to be able to look stuff up on Wikipedia on my phone when I want an answer quick.

    BTW, love your scoop.it! Maybe you should add this http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/11/everything-you-need-to-know-about-e-book-doj-lawsuit-in-one-post/

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  6. SarahApril 12, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    I don't want to carry around multiple devices. I was tickled when cell phones had cameras good enough to eliminate the need for a separate point and shoot camera. And, I do all my reading on my phone. I don't think I'm alone in that but that's just imho.

    I recogonize that I represent a certain demographic and opening admit that I didn't know about those educational features in the ebooks that you pointed out Robyn. What excellent supplementary educational tools!

    I should point out another demographic where the ereader meets a specific need - my dad just bought an ereader. It's perfect for him, light weight, he can change the font size, it's just easy enough to get ebooks from his library that he can do that (though he HATES the waiting lists and would rather pay for a $3.99 book).

    So in short, yes ebook formats are going to stick around - they are relevant to so many. But for how long will these devices be relevant? I don't really know, but the technology changes so much that these SPECIFIC devices will be outdated quickly. Perhaps this will be the next device for the digital format: http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/04/google-testing-heads-up-display-glasses-in-public-wont-make-yo/ also http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/06/google-project-glass-sergey-brin/.

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  7. AllysonApril 12, 2012 at 2:18 PM

    Sarah - oh man! I hadn't seen any info or ads for Google Glass before reading those posts. The future is NOW!

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  8. SarahApril 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM

    Right!!??

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