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The Nexus 7: Google ships a tabletThe Nexus 7: Google ships a tabletPosted Aug 4, 2012 11:45 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet by khim Parent article: The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet
Until you can show that books are doomed and have not sold since the 1950s owing to their inability to show TV channels I will assume your reasoning faulty.
Yes, TV has *dominated* -- but that does *not* mean that books have been extinguished, because people still exist who buy them in large numbers. The booksellers don't care that most people hardly buy any -- what matters is that some people buy lots. The same dedicated crew, who include people like me and very probably you as well, will trigger continued production of e-readers: because there is a market. It's not as *big* as the market for tablets, but it's *not the same market*. Both can coexist side by side.
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The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 4, 2012 19:39 UTC (Sat) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
You can't use TVs to read books, especially on old CRT-based TV-sets. So no, TVs can't replace books. Books can't be used to watch TV as well.
So the situation is not the same.
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