Why people buy a ebook? Thre is nothing fancy about this question and there is nothing fancy about the answer either. If people were looking for e book, it is for their own reasons and we cannot possibly list all the reasons down but if we can, some of us are going to get pretty rich delivering what people are looking for.
I have started buying e books in late 2006. I was fascinated with how information is transmitted through them and I have an ambition to play a part to somewhat ‘revolutionary’ idea back then.
I believe it is still revolutionary today and my bet, in years to come…
But the thing is, information is received by other senses too and e book in this sense, are limited to visual senses (and maybe auditory if you read them aloud). Today, complex multimedia presentation involving high-definition Audio-Visual technologies are set to replace e books…
… Or so it may seem.
Hi-Tech Limitation
I was scared and intimidated every time I received something in my e-mail Inbox with link to audio-visual presentation even if it took the form of screenshot videos. I was afraid that I am going to be left behind in the race. I still remember in 2007, after attending a seminar on how to build website, I brought home a CD which contains a tutorial on how to FTP files to server.
And the presentation was done using Camtasia…
Wow! That blows me away. I sat in my chair wondering I would measure up to these guys. It takes me about a year before I finally made my first video presentation. I was thrilled to say the least but I know from that point onwards that information is slowly taking a different route to the seekers BUT…
That is what I think. In actual fact, even with the high number of online visitors to Video sharing sites, there are still more visitors to ‘non-video showing’ sites combined! What this means is people still received information the traditional way – printed words online or off. Argue?
I can see that video and audio is gaining their ground but printed material online like e book is still ‘holding ground’ with little sign of shaking.
Why is this so? I believe the answer is simply in the word ‘accessibility.’
You probably enjoy watching and listening to the video but in the end of the day, you still want something you can take with you and devour in your own sweet time. Videos do not fit this criterion; ebooks do.
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