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Awe Struck!
Who Wants eBooks?
Kathryn D.Struck of Awe-Struck E-Books lists some of her thoughts on this subject:
* students who are tired of carrying around 40 lbs of books on their backs everyday in backpacks. i'm talking upper elementary here--all the way up to college students.
* law and medicial students, who could conceivably carry a partial (or whole) law library with them--or a medical library--in that backpack and other books/articles loaded up on the Palm or other handheld.
* people who love to read but who don't want to keep a copy of every book they read. who want disposable, affordable reading for airports, airplanes, trains, buses, and cars. and waiting rooms; and then there's the board meetings and boring seminars...people who want to read but shouldn't be reading at that point--closet readers!
* people who have the same desires as above--only they are dealing with technical manuals and other required reading by the boss/company and really don't want them on their shelves. just on the harddrive, thank-you.
* people who are 'hooked' on a certain genre--SF say--and love to read every SF book they can get their hands on but who don't have the library space to keep all the paperback books they would normally buy--if it weren't for ebooks. and besides, some of the SF they buy isn't worth keeping and reading again.
* elderly and site impaired--the size of the print is expandable and most of the time it's backlit.
* kids--who love all gizmos big and small and anything that resembles a Gameboy is cool. they even love to read on the computer.
* vacationers--who want several books to read at the beach but can't pack them all in the bag. or carry the bag once they are packed...
* housewives who are supposed to be watching that fantastic soccer game that little billy or janey is playing. or me, who goes to my son's orchestra concerts (he plays a great trumpet) and reads submissions on the Palm in the dark auditorium. i hear the lovely music; there's not much to look at anyway (except my darling son), and i don't bother anyone. and i get something done.
"do i love the smell of a book? sure? but often i just don't have the luxury to set back and enjoy that. but i do love to read even more. and need to read even more than i need to smell a book. oh yes, ebooks are here to stay."

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