Comments on: iRex’s green stats for the iLiad e-reader vs. a printout http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/17/irexs-green-stats-for-the-iliad-e-reader-vs-a-printout/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:23:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/17/irexs-green-stats-for-the-iliad-e-reader-vs-a-printout/comment-page-1/#comment-766681 Rob Preece Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:14:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/17/irexs-green-stats-for-the-iliad-e-reader-vs-a-printout/#comment-766681 If you have to buy fewer printers and print cartridges, you'll offset the manufacturing issues with the reader. I'm glad to see reader makers pushing this angle. Chopping down trees, grinding them up, hauling the resulting pulp around in trains and trucks, and finally driving down to pick up a ream or case at the local office supply store is resource-intensive. I read that paper consumption is finally falling--we're a long way from the paperless office but reading on the computer rather than paper generation on the computer is an increasing thing. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com If you have to buy fewer printers and print cartridges, you’ll offset the manufacturing issues with the reader.

I’m glad to see reader makers pushing this angle. Chopping down trees, grinding them up, hauling the resulting pulp around in trains and trucks, and finally driving down to pick up a ream or case at the local office supply store is resource-intensive. I read that paper consumption is finally falling–we’re a long way from the paperless office but reading on the computer rather than paper generation on the computer is an increasing thing.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

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