Federal Government Questions Survival of Books

By Lucy Mitchell
Dec 12 2010

Earlier this week US federal government officials started to question whether standard books will have a place in the US marketplace in light of the increased interest in digital formats.

Many people believed that the move to digital format books is a foregone conclusion. As more people turn to the world of the internet for their reading habits, the idea that eBooks could become the wave of the future has become very clear.

The eBook movement has already started with companies like Amazon creating a marketplace that is designed to make their purchase and retrieval very easy. Then there is the price of the digital offerings, which is dramatically lower in most cases than the paper based formats.

The advent of the eReaders has become a topic of debate as well. Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Borders have all developed a released tablet like devices that allow people to read their favorite books in digital format. This new format has created a lot of buzz in the industry and has basically revolutionized the publishing world.

In the early days of the eBook those who wanted to indulge would need to sit at their computer and do their reading. This was quickly proven to be a bad idea as most found it difficult to sit in front of their computer screen for that long.

However, the new eReaders have made it simpler and far more enjoyable with technologically advanced screens, a variety of sizes and Wi-Fi connectivity.