Is this the dawn of a new age for literature? It's the holiday season, the time for giving and receiving gifts. On the front page of Amazon.com, the Kindle ebook reader has been discounted down to $139 and is advertised as the "#1 Bestselling, #1 Most-Wished-For, #1 Most Gifted Product on Amazon".
Prices are down, purchases are up. Even with the economy in a such a sad state, people want the newest, coolest electronic gadget for Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanza/Festivus (for the rest of us). And I've talked to a few pro-print books people who are caving to the temptation and convenience of carrying around dozens, hundreds, over a thousand books on one compact screen.
*sigh* Times are changing fast indeed.
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