ZD Net: The Problem with Kindle App Ebooks
Discusses the issues that Kindle has had in digitising books for their ebook market. Page numbers have become irrelevant due to the ability to resize text and the general nature of the digital space, the reproduction of diagrams in some books have been shoddy, and the aesthetic quality of the ebook leaves something to be desired.
The author finds it surprising that for the amount of time ebooks have become mainstream, publishers still haven't figured out how to present their product properly. But presentation aside, the idea of ebooks is a good one, and is evidently the way to the future. Ebooks don't take up any physical space, so one could have an infinite amount of books at their fingertips (but this addresses the amount of information we could have in the future that we may not actually need.)
Ebooks are also better for the environment, as there is less shipping, thus less fuel consumption. Perhaps publishers should may more attention to ebooks, because they seem to be the way of the future.
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