http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/03/12/the-trouble-with-predicting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-trouble-with-predicting Stephen Abram's Posts About Library Land Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:58:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/03/12/the-trouble-with-predicting/comment-page-1/#comment-2793 Phillip White Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:48:53 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/?p=3526#comment-2793 I work with disabled students at a university, and have made ebooks before we called them that. The fact is that ebook reading applications are installed on all out computers in the public domain. The ability to listen, mark up and extract content into easier to read or study formats is going to be added to these simple readers. People will want leather seats, good stereos and carpeting in whatever ebook vehicle they drive: meaning full featured equipment is only a step away from these Mickey Mouse appliances that are on the market -- they already exists for the disabled. The publishers like John Wiley are already selling ebooks for consumption. It is fascinating how the demand is there, but the publishers drag their feet, thinking they will lose money -- maybe they will, and maybe that is part of the change the information age is bringing. Could it be that we live in the information age, and the libraries and booksellers may take a while to understand that things are not the same. The fact is that students want ebooks, and they will find them one way or another. I work with disabled students at a university, and have made ebooks before we called them that. The fact is that ebook reading applications are installed on all out computers in the public domain. The ability to listen, mark up and extract content into easier to read or study formats is going to be added to these simple readers. People will want leather seats, good stereos and carpeting in whatever ebook vehicle they drive: meaning full featured equipment is only a step away from these Mickey Mouse appliances that are on the market — they already exists for the disabled. The publishers like John Wiley are already selling ebooks for consumption. It is fascinating how the demand is there, but the publishers drag their feet, thinking they will lose money — maybe they will, and maybe that is part of the change the information age is bringing. Could it be that we live in the information age, and the libraries and booksellers may take a while to understand that things are not the same. The fact is that students want ebooks, and they will find them one way or another.

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