The concept is being reintroduced with a wireless aspect while gaining popularity in the wired world through high speed Internet connections and desktop computers equipped with video cameras. The main problem remains the fact that the nation's telephone networks, both regular and wireless, were designed to carry voices, not pictures, especially moving pictures. After years of being an Internet oddity, electronic publishing seems poised to reach a critical milestone. Reading e-books may become an activity pursued by the general population. Top authors like David Baldacci, Mary Higgins Clark and Scott Turow are available as digital downloads.
Electronic publishing offers tremendous advantages for publishers.
No costly paper. No books returned after failure to sell. Storing millions of books in digital archives costs little. No one expects the traditional bookstore or the printed book to vanish. How Stuff Works combines education and entertainment.