Hi Sandy,

You had some great thoughts to share! They *did* make me think of some more "predictions".... :)

> My prediction is websites will
> have ebook libraries because of
> broadband capabilities and the
> reduction in price of ebook readers.

Sandy I'm looking forward to that day (it's coming!) that hand-held ebook readers become high enough quality to be easy on your eyes, as well as being portable.... I have a HUGE book collection, yet I also like to travel, and it's a dilemma.

My problem is I can't take my book collection with me. The potential solution to this dilemma that ebooks promise is one of the things that excites me! Though I also like the INSTANT download nature of ebooks too.... :)

You also wrote some more interesting ideas below.... :)

> It's likely offline bookstores will have
> computers for customers to read the
> ebook version before placing orders.

That's an interesting idea.... I hadn't thought of that. And I also thought of another prediction, Sandy.... :)

> Any other predictions regarding ebooks?

I believe that ebooks as a medium will bloom and blossom.... Here's one reason why.

Ebooks are in many ways more flexible. I think we'll see more multimedia incorporation into ebooks.

Ebooks may have little movies and audio files embedded within them. We've already seen a version of this with software-based encyclopedias like Encarta.... I think this will become more common in non-fiction ebooks, where they will enhance the text....

Thanks Sandy, your posts always make me think! I really appreciate that.... :)

Cheers,

Dien