tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post7762733715114804119..comments2009-07-08T13:22:22.232-05:00Chester Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-22185639469295623192009-07-08T13:22:22.232-05:002009-07-08T13:22:22.232-05:00Pat, Amazon owns Kindle, and their e-publishing intentions were stated in a recent Denver Post article. <br /><br />While there are certainly benefits to e-publishing, the last thing I want to do is spend more time facing a computer screen. <br /><br />Hopefully the financial support will match the climbing library readership.Mark W. Danielsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127689413680147200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-51003075713280716692009-07-08T12:55:56.733-05:002009-07-08T12:55:56.733-05:00Oops, sorry, Mark. I reread your post. You said &quot;cataloguing,&quot; not &quot;publishing.&quot;<br /><br />At any rate, Amazon is the first place I check when I want to know something about a book. If they dream of cataloguing every book ever published they seem to be making progress.<br /><br />There&#39;s a brouha-ha going on about Kindle. Amazon has been invited to show Kindle at Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, in October. Gossip is that at least one small bookseller has withdrawn in protest.<br /><br />PatPat Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01890066908137298922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-77667279431918244922009-07-08T12:48:19.956-05:002009-07-08T12:48:19.956-05:00Hi, Mark:<br /><br />Your comment about Amazon planning to publish every book ever written -- are you sure that isn&#39;t Google Books?<br /><br />At any rate, those of us old folks living in the boonies, with no public transportation, don&#39;t have access to independent bookstores, so online ordering and the library are our two choices. Thank God for libraries.<br /><br />But even my little local library has an e-book section.<br /><br />Pat BrowningPat Browninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01890066908137298922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-82949737159260864742009-07-08T12:04:38.914-05:002009-07-08T12:04:38.914-05:00I have close to 5,000 books and bookshelves galore that I don&#39;t plan to part with. But, since my books are also published in ebook form, I can&#39;t discount them entirely. To me, they&#39;re a royal pain to download but others seem to like their volume capacity. I don&#39;t think ebooks will ever completely replace books in print although they&#39;re cutting deeply into sales. I, too, mourn the loss of independent book stores.Jean Henry Meadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-41679677651303087202009-07-08T11:08:38.182-05:002009-07-08T11:08:38.182-05:00I&#39;m with you, Elizabeth. I wonder if future homes will even have book shelves?Mark W. Danielsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127689413680147200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-22304216379896581952009-07-08T05:19:37.190-05:002009-07-08T05:19:37.190-05:00I can&#39;t imagine not having a book--a REAL book, not an e-book--in my hand.<br /><br />At least we know that books...in whatever format...are going to continue on. There are so many readers out there.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com