Comments on: Will textbooks be the biggest e-reader market in five years? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/will-textbooks-be-the-biggest-e-reader-market-in-five-years/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joscha http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/will-textbooks-be-the-biggest-e-reader-market-in-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1149926 Joscha Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:01:38 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/28/will-textbooks-be-the-biggest-e-reader-market-in-five-years/#comment-1149926 In any case, eReaders will be the biggest eReader market... By 2019, we might be at the point where eBooks outsell pBooks. Today, textbooks are already the most significant source of revenue in the pBook market. This is unlikely to change. In any case, eReaders will be the biggest eReader market…

By 2019, we might be at the point where eBooks outsell pBooks.
Today, textbooks are already the most significant source of revenue in the pBook market. This is unlikely to change.

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/will-textbooks-be-the-biggest-e-reader-market-in-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1149918 Steve Jordan Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:19:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/28/will-textbooks-be-the-biggest-e-reader-market-in-five-years/#comment-1149918 I think the mistake most of these recent initiatives are making is trying to tie textbooks to a particular reader. Creating a textbook in a universal format, like OEB (ePub), open for people with <i>any technology they prefer to use</i>, is the future. In the short term, however, it probably won't make much difference if text makers tie their products to, say, Sony readers: Texts and students are constantly changing, and if (when) they decide to migrate to a common format, the transition probably won't be that difficult. And in the meantime, they can break people into the idea of digital texts. I think the mistake most of these recent initiatives are making is trying to tie textbooks to a particular reader. Creating a textbook in a universal format, like OEB (ePub), open for people with any technology they prefer to use, is the future.

In the short term, however, it probably won’t make much difference if text makers tie their products to, say, Sony readers: Texts and students are constantly changing, and if (when) they decide to migrate to a common format, the transition probably won’t be that difficult. And in the meantime, they can break people into the idea of digital texts.

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