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To: DownSouth who wrote (16140)	1/24/2000 10:19:00 AM
From: mauser96	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

>the used book business goes away< Great point. The used book business yields no profits to publishers. When I first looked into the e-book concept, I was concerned about the fact that after a while old books have to be pushed out of memory to make room for new books. Then I found that since the cost of downloading copies are almost nil,anytime an e-book owner wants to re read a book coded for his name and e-book, he downloads it free. This gives publishers a great option of letting the reader download a newer revised version at an small extra charge. Most people wouldn't go for the full cost of a new print version, but might go for a revised version at only slight extra cost, thus more money for publishers with no middle man profit. Another thing going for e-books in the long run is that the technology is similar to computers, thus developmental costs of improving display, memory, etc are mostly borne by others. The more I study the e-book idea, the more it looks like it benefits customers and publishers, if not paper makers and bookstores. To be successful it will need compact physical properties and displays equal to print in quality.

To: DownSouth who wrote (16140)	1/24/2000 10:20:00 AM
From: Michael Gaudet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

How do you think this could affect the text book industry, especially college level?

To: DownSouth who wrote (16140)	1/24/2000 1:23:00 PM
From: mtnlady	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 54805

Man I agree with the 'e' book idea. I believe the internet will be the publishing company of this century (I almost said 'next' century.. guess i can't do that anymore!). Either download and print papers/docs (like Gilder's newsletter) or download the whole book onto some sort of portable 'viewing' screen. My only problem is highlighting and notations.. I love to make a 'mess' of whatever I am reading with highlights and notes.. Guess they will have to add these features :-) Now that my brain is engaged in this subject.. What I really love about this idea is the ability to store, cross index etc.. the information you read. Sort of like my BibleSoft software package. I can read Scripture text in 8-10 different versions of the Bible, instantly pull up the greek/Hebrew versions for analysis (Strong's), link to related passages and read what various experts have to say about the passage(s). My study time dropped from hours a day to getting the same quality work done in 1/2 hour or so. Now if I could do this with my business investments - yipee! Think of it. Download everything about VRTS for study. All articles linked to each other with corresponding financials, analysis etc.. The ability to store it all with my own notes and highlights. I do something like this now but all online using my PC. And I have to do a lot of searching to find all of the articles, boards etc.. SI helps ALOT though. My only 'problem' with the concept is that I still really like to handle 'paper'. In that if I really want to study something I will print it off, find a nice big comfy chair, excellent light, a hot cup of java, pen and marker and just 'work' the document and let my mind run free on the concepts/info presented. I can't get the same feel staring at a computer screen. These 'artificial' paper books would need to duplicate that 'feel' of handling paper for me to really get into it.