TDPL is an Amazon Kindle bestseller

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Mon Jun 20 12:13:27 PDT 2011


"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:itmh8e$209r$1 at digitalmars.com...
> On 6/19/2011 8:51 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> I don't like reading off screens - especially small screens. I much 
>> prefer
>> actual books. And I have no problem with other people wanting e-books 
>> just so
>> long as it doesn't result in my not being to get physical books anymore. 
>> I'm
>> just afraid that the general trend will lead to physical books dying out,
>> which I would consider to be horrible for reading - especially for 
>> novels.
>
> I suspect that the pulp paperbacks will largely disappear within 5 years, 
> much like film cameras.
>

I've been guessing that will only happen when DRM starts going away. Than 
again, most consumers are complete morons...(The "dancing pigs" theory and 
all that...)





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