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Are books dead, and can authors survive?
Oct 02^nd, 2011, 12:12am

Will books, as we know them, come to an end?

Yes, absolutely, within 25 years the digital revolution will bring about the end of paper books. But more importantly, ebooks and e-publishing will mean the end of "the writer" as a profession. Ebooks, in the future, will be written by first-timers, by teams, by speciality subject enthusiasts and by those who were already established in the era of the paper book. The digital revolution will not emancipate writers or open up a new era of creativity, it will mean that writers offer up their work for next to nothing or for free. Writing, as a profession, will cease to exist.

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Such sad commentary. Sad

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/aug/22/are-books-dead-ewan-morrison

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Webbie YaBB Administrator Sponsor Front Page Author Offline I love AR Posts: 938 Anotherealm Gender:	Re: Are books dead, and can authors survive? Reply #1 - Oct 2^nd, 2011, 11:15am Indeed, sad predictions.
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