why ebooks and when?

[Randall Ober]

Can anyone say: "paperless office"?

Randall W. Ober
Librarian, Boyce Campus
Community College of Allegheny County
Pennsylvania

>> I still say e-books won't ever catch on until you can leave one on
the bus
>> or drop it over the side of a tour boat without worrying about
getting it
>> back - i.e., an investment of less than 10 dollars vs. whatever
readers cost
>> now.  Then there's the eye strain of reader screen vs. paper, the
need to
>> worry about batteries, etc.  It'll be a while yet before e-books make
a real
>> penetration of the market.
>> 
>> Mark