"Interview: Stephen King On Kindle: ‘This Device Will Not Replace Books’" (paidContent.org, 02/09/09)

Rest assured, bookstores and publishers: Amazon’s Kindle will not do to books what Apple’s iPod and MP3 downloads did to the music industry. That’s the word from novelist Stephen King, who was the special guest at this morning’s well-choreographed Kindle 2.0 launch.

"Reading online or flipping pages with cell phone becoming part of an e-book revolution" (Argus Leader, 02/08/09)

Many readers are eschewing traditional books in favor of electronic versions, whether on a reader like the Kindle, or in an audio format on an MP3 player like Apple's iPod.

Call it an e-reading revolution. And it's only going to continue to grow, says Florrie Kichler, president of the Independent Book Publishers Association and publisher of Patria Press, a publishing house in Indianapolis.

The future of the book

This Ithaca Journal article describes how "Digital screens provide new option for literary lovers"--and the enduring interest in "old-fashioned" paper-based books.