I read ebooks and even publish my books as ebooks. I have to admit that my ebook sales have done really well. I also have to admit that I even buy some of my favorite authors in ebook format first. I don't think this is the demise of the printed work, but more like the future of print. I still purchase print books, but those are the ones that I will not give away or get rid of like I used to do with some paperbacks. It has made me take note of what I really want on my selves and what I believe is good enough to keep there. It may however hit the second hand book stores harder.
But I'm not sure that will even hold true. When I find a book that I can't live without (even if I already have it as an ebook) I buy it. That's one of the reasons I have included part of the article I have read about the Booker judges. Even as they move technologically forward I'm sure that they will find books that they will pick up to keep on their own selves. I think that ebooks have given all of us so many more options for sales and for vast amount that we all can get in just moments, so . . . beam me up Scotty.
Booker prize judges sent e-readers
The judges read 138 books last year before creating their longlistJudges of this year's Man Booker prize have been sent electronic book readers for the first time to help them work their way through more than 100 novels.
Writer Susan Hill said on Twitter that she and her fellow judges were given the devices "so they won't have to post us tons of real books".
Publishers have been asked to submit their 2011 entries in both digital and physical form.
Judges will unveil a longlist in July, with a winner to be named in October.
A spokeswoman for the prize told the BBC that the change in the submission rules was to give more flexibility.
"The technology is there, so we should use it to give the judges the option," she said.
Judges will still be able to request hard copies of the books if they prefer, the Booker representative added.
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