As a follow-up to the post about Stephen King’s choice to not offer an e-book for Joyland, I wanted to address the larger issue that King’s decision touches on. In most of the comments, there seemed to be a broader application to the discussion, which showed a division into three groups: those who like e-books, those who like physical books, and those who like a little of both. E-book-Only Readers: Once the e-readers and e-reader applications became widely available on multiple technology platforms, the rise in e-book popularity was inevitable. Allowing for complete portability, a digital library shrinks thousands of books into one convenient form. In this day and age where we’re getting more and more used to being able to get things in…![]()
