"Reading is alive and increasingly electronic" (Reuters)

JWNelson · Dec 8, 2011

I thought a few people here might be interested in this article [link here] (in case they haven't seen it yet, I mean).

"Times may be tough for neighborhood bookstores, but people are reading more than ever and e-books are nurturing bookworms who hunger for everything from blockbuster biographies to literary fiction...."

JWNelson · Dec 8, 2011

Did Apple collude with e-book publishers to control prices after intro of iPad?

The European Union's antitrust watchdog is probing whether Apple helped five major publishing houses illegally raise prices for e-books when it launched its iPad tablet and iBookstore in 2010. [LINK]

brianjanuary · Dec 9, 2011

This is the way things are going--rapidly. And as prices drop for e-readers and other devices and the technology explodes, the pace of the change in publishing will accelerate even more.

Personally speaking, I prefer printed books, but at the same time I fully realize that it's stupid to cling to a buggy whip when Model T's are rolling off the assembly line.

Brian January
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"Reading is alive and increasingly electronic" (Reuters)

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