I just read an article in the most recent issue of Newsweek about Kindle. The author, Jacob Weisberg, basically believes that the invention of Kindle is akin to the invention of sliced bread. I'm still not ready to give up my books, but he did bring up some interesting points. Whether I like it or not, Kindle is the way of the future-Amazon recently released Stephen King's latest novel in Kindle version only. Authors will no longer need to deal with expensive publishing fees, etc. to get their novels distributed. This will eventually change the entire face of the publishing world-for better or worse remains to be seen. It will eliminate many jobs eventually. On the plus side-this will be great for the environment. Imagine all of the trees that can be saved.

I'm still skeptical. I have a feeling that this is one technological trend that I am going to resist for as long as I possibly can. I just can't imagine curling up on a rainy day with my computer screen, rather than an actual book. If publishers stop distributing books in actual book form, I will have to break down and accept this. My kids are going to laugh at me some day because I'm reading books, just as I laughed at my parents for their 8 tracks. Somehow I never thought that would happen-but I see it already.

Here is the link if you are interested in the article:

http://newsweek.com/id/190358