It does seem, sometimes, like Book News should be re-titled news from the paper-publishing world, as the only time e-books gets mentioned is with some negative story like the Kindle-reading bus driver.
In fact it's been a momentous few weeks in e-publishing.
As Borders US finally collapsed, with hundeds of book store closures, the CEO of Barnes & Noble went on record as stating e-books would be the primary method of book publishing within two years.
Yes, within TWO years.
Amazon confirmed e-books outsold paper books last year, even before their Kindle e-reader took off big time, with over eleven million e-readers sold so far.
Barry Eisler turned down a half million dollar paper publishing deal because he believes he will get a better return with e-publishing.
And Amanda Hocking, who famously sold over a million e-books without an agent or publisher, signed up a two million dollar deal with a paper-publisher to straddle both markets.
Traditional publishing - whether you call it dead-tree, legacy or anything else - is far from finished, but e-books have reached a tipping point.
Don't get left behind by the e-publishing revolution.
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