I'm going to buy this year, no e-book reader. There is simply too early and I think the technology is not refined enough. But what can be observed: Lately, the little electronic book replacements often in the headlines and new technologies are developed. For example, now in Japan.
Bridgestone, the self-confessed F1 fan is familiar with the company as a tire supplier to the racing cars, has now developed ePaper that can display 4096 colors, flexible and very fast paging (0.8 seconds) allows. So it will probably soon be possible to complete the reader is flexible. I think this is important because I want to treat the reader like a magazine and pack among other things (just like a magazine). This is only readers with the current very difficult because they are static. In addition, the reader Bridgestone will be about the size of an A4 sheet.
What you should really think about ebooks? In my opinion, it will inevitably run point is that print media disappear from the landscape. In the books (and magazines / newspapers) will be as similar as with the music: The media are distributed gradually over the Internet. A copyright discussion on how the record industry will give us for that matter. This meant that in future it will need no more publishers. The main task of publishers had to print the books. But this is no longer necessary with eBook readers. Just as it is with the record labels: The use of MP3 players and the Internet, it is no longer necessary, the music CD pressed on the shelf to have added ('I find but nice to have the disc on the shelf ). However, this revolution will come.
If this "crisis" is then overcome, the readers are part of everyday life. The United States, they put a yes even in school. What I do not necessarily may mean for good. As I said, those things are not yet mature enough. That will change though.
