Kindle, Nook and Other E-Readers to Take Off in 2010

Tech gadgets are cool and fun, and reading is good for you. Haven't we've always be told that we don't read enough There's an intangible, good-for-you quality about an e-reader, a marriage of cutting-edge tech and old-school education. And it's easier (if more expensive) to buy someone an e-reader than an actual book--no agonizing over the right title.

Then again, some analysts claim e-readers are too expensive to achieve mainstream appeal. We'll have a better idea next year if that's true.

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