Would you buy an e-reader with physical pages?

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Would you buy an e-reader with physical pages?

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I realize that this idea might be a little ahead of the technology we have now, but I think it would be cool to have a reader that was shaped like a real book, but only had one page. And when you flip the page, the material goes back from the left to the right, (Without messing up the words that you're reading) so that you can turn the page again.
Would you consider using such an invention, or would it be too much of a hassle?
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Post by Aussie-reader »

Me personally, No I wouldn't.

But as I have said on these pages before, I wouldn't buy a kindle, nook etc either - for me, I love having everything on one portable device and therefore am quite happy reading on my ipad.

I don't really get what you are saying about page turning though - my ipad touch screen turns the pages much like that; the page appears to turn a new leaf, like a paper page would.

Not sure if I have understood the question :?
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not sure what an ereader with physical pages could look like. for me the real book smell and touch is what I love and with my ereader it is the fact I can carry so many books with me that I love
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I like my kindle just the way it is and see no need for changes. I would give it a try though.
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Sounds like a clever idea - but I like my Kindle as is for now.
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Post by Fran »

Fascinating idea, can't imagine it but then I couldn't imagine the Kindle until I had one in my hand.
BTW hope you secured your patent before putting your idea on a public forum - you never know who is watching :wink:
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Post by Inishowen_Cailin »

I don't think I would buy an ebook reader like that. I would probably break that one page and then it wouldn't work!
I like my kindle the way it is.
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I would definitely buy that. It'd probably break really easily, but it just sounds too awesome not to have.
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I don't like the Kindle because the pages take too long to switch. I think the device you're talking about would take even longer.
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Post by Roriann-book-worm »

I don't think I would, that would ruin the purpose of e-readers. It was a thoughtful idea!
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I don't think I wouldn't by an e-reader with physical pages. Couldn't even imagine, how it would look like.
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Post by WriterBLAlley »

Someone needs to make an ereader with a book type cover that displays the current book you're reading.
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It would be easy enough to do, but people would immediately realize that the cover display was vulnerable and get a cover for it -- which would defeat the purpose, unless you could find a transparent cover for it.
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Post by KumaOkaasan »

My answer would be probably not, even if there was some way to implement it, which at the moment I'm having a hard time imagining.
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Post by readinginreview4 »

It seems like a cool idea but it also seems like there would be a ton of issues
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