Books Take Electronic Turn--Alex Hamilton

So, does that mean we should write off e-books? No. Frankly, while we will look back on the first generation of e-books with the same sort of nostalgia reserved for 8-track audio tapes, they serve as an important wake-up call for the prepress arena.

However hokey the current technologies and formats, they are the forerunner of what will prove more worthy challengers to ink on paper: electronic paper and electronic ink.