In any event the death knell of the book is about as farcical as it gets. If anything is being threatened it's the economics of the publishing industry, or as Steve points out, the publisher acting as the choke point of the industry.
There will always be a place for books - and printed books also.
Pournelle wrote a bit in his blog today about the issue of the SFWA taking on scribd.com today, also.
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