um, just so you know, jeff gomez, who's quoted above,
just went to work for penguin, so i'm not all that sure
that what he says should be taken as "their position"...
to the extent that it is, it's not ignorance on e-books,
as gomez is the author of the "print is dead" blog...
(with the corresponding "print is dead" paper-book,
which just came out, not to mention the "print is dead"
podcasts, which he is popping out on a regular basis,
soon to be followed, i'm sure, by "print is dead" cereal
and matching his-and-hers "print is dead" pajamas...)
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http://printisdeadblog.com/
did the article mention that he's a marketing guy?
-bowerbird
p.s. forget the hiebook. it's a dead-end machine...