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monamidnightThis article talks about how the book market is changing, and how bookstores continue to struggle. It's interesting but depressing if you're a 'traditional' book lover (which I am, even as I love ebooks too).
One of the most interesting things I found was that 'narrative reading' - that is, a story that goes from point A to point Z - is most successful in ebook format. Makes sense to me. It's hard to skip back and forth in ebooks and I don't think my mind is quite wired to 'flip back' in a book and try to find something I saw earlier...at least not yet. Probably 95% of the ebook reading I do is narrative, from short stories to longer books to Keith Richards' memoir Life. (Which is excellent, by the way!)
One of the most interesting things I found was that 'narrative reading' - that is, a story that goes from point A to point Z - is most successful in ebook format. Makes sense to me. It's hard to skip back and forth in ebooks and I don't think my mind is quite wired to 'flip back' in a book and try to find something I saw earlier...at least not yet. Probably 95% of the ebook reading I do is narrative, from short stories to longer books to Keith Richards' memoir Life. (Which is excellent, by the way!)
