With all the bad news circulating in the publishing industry these days
(think HarperCollins and declining book sales), I was happy to see the
article "E-book Revolution Favors the Agile" on the Christian Science Monitor
website. As a longtime reader, I admit my preference for the
traditional book, I am also intrigued by the potential of ebooks. Can
the ebook revolution revitalize the publishing industry? I think the
interviewees in the article are leaning toward 'yes.' Interestingly,
when I raised this idea in a literature class I'm teaching, my students
expressed their preference for traditional books. However, I wonder if
10 years from now, when I enter a classroom I'll see rows of students
with digital readers rather than textbooks.

Of course, I'm biased in favor of the digital revolution since I'm published with an
online publisher, the Wild Rose Press. Given the recent financial
turmoil in the publishing world, I'm hopeful that the digital
revolution will push readers and writers in a new direction.