E-Paper does have its disadvantages like any other piece of technology. A major difficulty lies in publishers’ ability to adapt to this new technology due to its intricacy (E-paper and its Disadvantages for Organizations, 2008). These publishers still have to invest a large sum of money in actually applying the technology over using a print based medium and advertising its services. Also, in the beginning, this technology is more expensive than paper, making customers reluctant to adapt the e-paper instead of their regular newspaper and magazines.
Moreover, smaller publishing companies might not have enough money to compete with these larger organizations who are embracing the e-paper, driving them out of business (E-paper and the future of electronic publishing, 2005).
Also, piracy is a large issue with this technology. Publishers and Newsprint organizations can end up losing large amounts of money because of this issue (E-paper and its Disadvantages for Organizations, 2008). Once some content is present on the web, there is no guarantee that, that particular information cannot be sent to other users. In order to make this technology work for publishing companies, a solution will have to be discovered quickley.
Furthermore, in the case of the advertising industry, many companies first experienced trouble programming the e-paper signs (E-paper and its Disadvantages for Organizations, 2008). This can make many organizations regret their decision to go with e-paper and make them less likely to recommend this technology to others.
References:
E-paper and its Disadvantages for Organizations. (2008, November 25). Retrieved March 26, 2010, from E-paper: The Paper of the Future: http://e-paper23.blogspot.com/2008/11/e-paper-and-disadvantages-for.html
E-paper and the future of electronic publishing. (2005, March 14). Retrieved March 26th, 2010, from AME info: http://www.ameinfo.com/55729.html
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