tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post2224362809875494530..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: I've almost pushed that rock to the top of the hill....Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-42678641640610821262009-07-02T10:16:33.774-07:002009-07-02T10:16:33.774-07:00"The book world, for instance, is endless. (I..."The book world, for instance, is endless. (I just read that 275,000 titles were printed last year.)"<br /><br />That statement reflects the biggest issue facing e-book systems. There are so many choices that you cannot just have the ability to buy. There must be a method for introducing potential readers to authors/topic that they might like. In the past this was handled by books stores and the initial selection their buyers would do as well as the fact that they would only carry a limited set in a given subject area. That made it easy for readers to browse to find items of interest (a lot of book sales are impulse buys).<br />Today with the electronic systems potential readers can get easily overhelmed with the number of choices. While people feel that unlimited choice is a plus, I believe that when faced with too large of a selection buyers actually shut down (Alvin toffler had a good discussion of that in his book Future Shock)RDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13033979029490801023noreply@blogger.com