As I wrote in a comment on a publisher’s blog the other day, in response to his contention that traditional publishing will be around for a long time yet, the ebook future may come sooner than expected.
I’ve learned three things from my Kindle: Ebooks are cheaper, there’s no storage problem (my bookshelves already were full) and there’s nothing like browsing, buying and starting to read within minutes, all from the comfort of your easy chair. No driving, no parking, no standing in line to pay.
Kindle is helping some traditionally-published authors see the light as well: “…unlike a lot of other folk, I’m not at all convinced that mortar and brick publishing will never die. As a matter of fact, I suspect it’s beginning its own elaborate suicide even now….So, if you’re a writer, give Kindle a whirl. You don’t have any thing to lose…except an agent and a publishing house stealing a big hunk of your profits.“ Heh.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 