I reckon they will, sooner or later, especially as the technology improves.
Some reasons they haven't taken off yet - competing formats, DRM, readers being expensive. If I could get an e-book reader I can read on a night bus without too much concern that I'm going to get mugged for it, I'd have one already.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:29, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I wasn't that bothered about them
Until they brought out iBooks. I loaded it up for a browse, found the quality and readability of the free book (Winnie the Pooh) to be excellent, so thought I'd by some ebooks for my holiday.

The iBooks store were charging 17 quid for a Charles Stross book, same again for Christopher Brookmyre, both of which I bought new as paperbacks for about 3 quid each on Amazon...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:32, Reply)

I just read the girl with the dragon tatoo, for free.
It was advertised, slightly annoying popup which you had to click about twice a chapter. It didn't bother me that much though.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:35, Reply)

tattoo

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:38, Reply)

It's the swedish spelling.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:40, Reply)

did you read it in Swedish?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Of course.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 11:05, Reply)

the iAd framework has so much potential, to do what AdWords did for webpages, only for Apps.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:48, Reply)

With the greatest respect
this is the wrong place to gauge opinion. this is a website of, what, 100,000 mostly geeks? (not meant negatively, it just is)

It's not going to happen in the real world. Too many people LIKE books. I'll 'fess up if it turns out I'm wrong, but I doubt it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:34, Reply)

it's 10,000 with 10 log ons each.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:36, Reply)

I LIKE books, I doubt I'll ever stop buying them,
but I would certainly use an e-book reader as well, if only to save on luggage space on holidays and such.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:41, Reply)

that's my view
I intend to try one out when I get the chance, but even if I got one it wouldn't stop me wanting to own as many books as possible.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:46, Reply)

that's the only reason I'd consider it.
But it would have to cost about £25 for me to risk it in my luggage.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:47, Reply)