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Aaron over at Copious Notes blogged about his Kindle experience. In his post, he wrote, “Anyone who discounts it without first trying it has no grounds for their opinions.”  Okay, that’s fair. I won’t give my opinion on the reader’s Kindle experience. I’m sure it’s a fabulous one. But a thought did pop in my mind. Though the Kindle or other readers are a long way off - if they ever get near - to killing off the hard and soft cover books, I wonder how writers will feel if their books are never produced in published form. Sure the writers who haven’t been born yet could care less, but what about us oldies? You know, writers over twenty.  Would you rather have your readers carry a book in their hands? Or in a reader such as Kindle? Or may be it doesn’t matter to you as long as your book is read and enjoyed by others. Though I’m sure I’ll adapt to whatever the industry standard may be in the future, I’m glad that I have a commercially published book that is sitting on library and bookstores shelves, that there are people riding the subway, in their living rooms, or on a flight and have a published copy of my book in hand. As a writer, I doubt that the ability to download my books will come near the feeling I had when I held my book in my hands.

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