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Kindle 2: Paperless Books and the future of Graphic Novels
With the new Kindle 2 coming out, I'm thinking that trades/comics/graphic novels, will all be electronic screens within 10-15 years and those with actual, physical paper collections will all be worth money to true comic book collectors, no matter how lousy the story is. Also, with rumors that the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper may be going out of business soon, the paper medium seems to be fading, just like digital movies making an impact over film celluloid.
As someone who's kinda getting back into comics, after almost 15 years of not really reading, what do you guys think of electronic comics, e-comics, motion comics, Comic Book Reader/Comic View/Comix or other electronic downloading of comic books/graphic novels?
I read The Killing Joke, Batman Hush episode 1-3, parts of Watchmen and a few free Image/Dark Horse books online, but I sorta like having the actual comic book/graphic novel in my hands. Sometimes reading and enjoying the artwork on a computer screen for hours can be a bit much on my eyes.
I'm not even talking downloading comics, more of the format for viewing. Of course, the price needs to go down significantly (from $359 price tag) , before the masses start going for this latest tech upgrade. Plus, alot of people find the comics online for free. Other similar devices such as the iphone have book readers too, but to my knowledge, the Kindle 2 makes the claim to be the closest electronic device to impersonate a real book with lower glare, namely due to its Etch-a-Sketch- like ink technology.
I know, my little 5 year old nieces and nephews, probably will grow up with similar devices, at lowered costs, by the time they grow up and go to college.
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Comment by tibbs on February 27, 2009 at 6:35pm - You're probably right, but with the latest reportings that newspaper companies are downsizing/going out of business in the United States, e-books may just take the lead within 10-15 years.
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Comment by Everwen on February 25, 2009 at 11:57pm -
It's not entirely implausible that online books will get more notoriety, in Japan books you can download through cells, and that were written to be read through cells, are very popular right now. I just don't think it will replace the print format, at least not the in the timeline you're giving, the shortest period I can think of is 30 years. But, many things can happen, the one thing I believe is holding back online books is the fact that not everybody has access to a computer, it's easier for a person to get a TV or radio, or in this case a printed format, computers -and cells for that matter- are still very expensive, and think about how much it will cost to download a book once the whole thing gets to the masses. First they need to find a way to make equipment not so expesinve for the people to actually bother to go and read online.
There are other things that are not being considered, you can pretty much take a book or a newspaper anywhere, the pc and cells are trickier, you need to buy it, then charge the battery, always carry the thing with you and then get it on, a book you just open it and period.
I'm not saying online books are a bad idea or an impossible idea, I think it has it advantages and is the logical result in the evolution of technology, and our enviromental problems also, but it also brings a lot stuff that needs to be evaluated before going full motion with it, and there could be undesirable side effects.
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