Mario:
> I think authors will eventually have to turn
to
> self-publishing, or better said, to keeping works
available
> in electronic form or publish-on-demand when
publishers let
> them go. The technology is there, and it does away
with
> inventory.
Mario, I think you are right if they develop something truly
portable you can download a book into and then use it to
read. . Something like a small Palm, maybe.
Along with allowing people to read just about any book at a
low cost pocket books made it easy to take a book along with
you easily. Many of my older pbs have damaged spines because
I used to carry them in my back pocket so I'd have something
to read if I had to wait or was on a bus. Mark
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