Queen Me, I am one of those that read your e-book from your site.

Kristie, as an author, I started out in this business just when e-books were beginning to appear. I went round the discussions about e-books not really being books and how they'd never be accepted and look at them now. They're still not a primary publishing tool, but they are accepted and a fast growing market.

Just go to www.fictionwise.com and see for yourself how e-books have grown and increased in popularity.

My novella MARCH MADNESS is available as an e-book in either downloadable format or on disk. Look here for a chance to read it, if you'd like: http://www.diskuspublishing.com/quickpick3.html

My publisher, MUNDANIA PRESS, makes all of it's books available in e-book along with trade and hard cover.

Students in college are used to purchasing e-book textbooks. That generation has the best chance of becoming the generation that reads books on computer.

Will paperbooks ever go away? Not hardly, and if never, not for a very long time. I can see the publishing industry flipflopping (very far into the future) and offering all books in an electronic format and then as an option, having it printed.

Books are very precious, and those with collections should keep them. I predict that one day, you can walk into a bookstore and download a new book to your favorite reader or purchase a CD version of it, while others will be standing in line waiting for their favorite new book to print right off the POD machine.

By the way, I believe the second week in March is Read an E-Book week. Check Chase's Calendar Events to be sure.