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Why eBooks and eBook Readers will eventually Succeed - And Why I DON'T Agree

Why eBooks and eBook Readers will eventually Succeed - Reading eBooks from eBook readers similar to the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader will eventually be the preferred reading method for millions worldwide, predicts Knowledge Center analyst J. Gerry Purdy. He predicts we'll see 75 percent worldwide adoption of eBook readers in less than 10 years from when eBook readers contain the right set of technologies. Here, Purdy explains what features will someday make eBooks and eBook readers ubiquitous.

"Someday, we are all going to be reading books with some form of eBook reader. While some may doubt this prediction, let me explain why. And I hope, after you read what I have to say, that you just may agree with me. First, let’s counter the prediction with an observation about reading books on current eBook readers: it’s not an enjoyable or “better” experience than reading a paper-bound book. Hence, that’s why very few people actually use eBook readers today.

"Let me make another prediction: eBook readers are not going to be successful until they offer book lovers a better, more worthwhile and enjoyable reading experience than traditional paper-bound books do today. To be sure, all of this hinges on what providing a “better” experience actually means. While it’s easy to say eBook readers today do not provide a better user experience, it’s more difficult to describe what must be done in order to make the user experience “good enough” (so that most people reading a book would prefer an eBook reader than a paper-bound book).

"It seems to me that someday, someone should be able to make an eBook reader that would be really slick--so cool that, emotionally, seeing this new eBook reader would be like seeing the iPhone for the first time. You’d feel as if it was really right and that you’d “have to” have one.

"Here are 15 features that I believe eBook readers must have in order for most people to want to use one instead of reading a paper-bound book:
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Actually, this guy gets it WRONG. The reason why SOME people MAY start using eBook [ghastly term] readers is because... because they'll be getting thier books for FREE. Just as the mp3 player market took off because most folks download their music for FREE.

There's plenty of free [okay - "pirated"] reading material online already. Currently, I'm flipping through a reference book on my eee PC whilst commuting, and it's not an un-enjoyable experience. This is NOT a book I would have paid for [and I buy LOTS of book] - this is a book I might have popped into my local library to browse or possibly borrow...

And do you really need a dedicated eBook reader? - when you already have really useful devices like the eee PC which can do so much more?

I doubt it.

You won't want to carry a phone, an mp3 player, a micro PC AND a dedicated eBOOK reader around. That's just too many gadgets, brother.

People are already reading eBooks - but NOT in the way the industry wants. They got it wrong - AGAIN.

J McC.

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