I ran across this post at Engadget earlier this week and it reminded me of the use the iLiad reader has been finding in the airline industry. It also made me think about a conversation I had with a co-worker who owns and uses a Sony reader (the first time I've seen one "in the wild", as it were) and who absolutely loves it for its ability to hold every manuscript she is working on and still fit in her purse.
Both of these examples really throw into perspective how beneficial the ability to carry as many papers as you want in a 12oz package.
One of the things I think will be interesting to see is how this plays out in the educational market - particularly for college textbook publishers. If a single platform such as this becomes widely adopted, which would seem to be the next stage of the various clicker devices that textbook publishers are offering as an extra to many of their books, it would be unbelievably easy to deliver students' books without the cost of printing (or the cost of the used book market) and it would allow them to install Blackboard-esque tracking and collaboration software at the same time, potentially linked to notes that students make directly on their texts. And (unlike in the trade market at this time), this is a move that would probably be embraced by the students - fewer items to lug to class, more interactivity, and cheaper textbooks (they would lose the money they get when selling books back, but that never comes near the price they paid for the book in the first place).
From Matt: The scriptwriters made quite a few changes from the book, but they were all for the best - and booklover though I am I have to admit that its better to see magic than to read about it.
From Mina: I adore this film. Monsieur Hulot’s very modern sister and brother-in-law don’t know what to do with Tati’s charmingly untidy and bungling protagonist, who inhabits a world where meaning is still more important than appearances.
From Carey: A must see Hayao Miyazaki’s anime is Laputa: Castle in the Sky, originally released in 1986. A fantasy film that explores the altruistic and compassionate nature of humans, aspects lost through repeated exposure to power, technology, and the complexities brought by the combination of the two. 
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Posted by: Sean Bateman | March 20, 2007 at 02:58 PM
You hit the nail on the head.
I'd bought my daughter a Nook because she loves to read. But it's really helped her out in college Because most of the textbooks she lugged around we're available for her Nook.
Needless to say she got a TON of money back when she returned those textbooks only a few weeks after buying them.
Great post. (and prophetic too)
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Posted by: Adam | June 28, 2011 at 11:44 AM
There are too many competing standards right now for e-books. Virtually every reader supports PDF, but they each have their own "real" format with very little overlap.
Posted by: Leo Wadsworth | August 22, 2011 at 11:02 PM
EBooks are really starting to catch on. Some analysts have even projected that nearly all publishing companies will begin offering at least some of their books in electronic format within the next decade. The same thing is happening with newspapers and magazines, too. Amazon is well-known for their kindle, stealing customers away from the print media industry. Believe it or not, the digital dominance hasn't spread to the average consumer yet. Home printers are not showing any indications of decline. As incredible as the technology is, there will never be anything better than the traditional paper and ink. Too bad the price of brand printer ink is so high. Generic ink, on the other hand, isn't too bad.
Posted by: Mo Bradley | November 10, 2011 at 08:58 AM