I guess it’s unanimous. You like the feel of paper in your hands, not electrons. I agree – I prefer paper to plastic. My Kindle is a different experience but it can’t replace hard copy.
The Kindle isn’t a failure; it’s another way of reading. One advantage – if you buy a book on your Kindle, it arrives in seconds. Another – you can subscribe to newspapers and magazines delivered to your reader. I think that e-readers and laptops will converge in their offerings. Classic works are now freely available on the web. It’s coming. There's a whole generation out there, texting, waiting.
For now – just keep buying my westerns, please.
A few notes:
I’ll be signing books at the Alamo on August 1st. Let the word go out to the surrounding villages. All of you within a 200-mile radius – I expect to see you there.
I
agree with Colin F. The best part of my newspaper is the crossword puzzle.
Online news can’t match that.
Glenda
Y. says that western books are popular items in her Kentucky public library.
May their tribe increase.
I’m
off, in mid-June, to the Western Writers of America Annual Conference in
Oklahoma City. To rub elbows with some iconic writers of western fiction. Look
out, Joyce H., I’m headed your way!
As old Roy R. would say – keep those cards and letters
comin’ in.
Dac
5/13/09
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams.
Dac, you never seem to slow down. Texas, Oklahoma City, California. Where do you get the energyto keep writing those great books?
Posted by: Paige | May 13, 2009 at 09:43 AM