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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Going back to your original question, I think that for nearly all authors there's currently something very different in feeling between holding a printed copy of your work vs an ebook on an eReader.
So although I don't see paper remaining part of the mass book market, it may well be that there will remain a small market for high-quality very short runs, say less than 25 copies.
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I've had this conversation with a dear friend of mine. She says she could never have a Kindle because she likes to feel the paper in her two hands as she turns the pages. (I think it's more to do with getting off on the musty smell of old books myself). Now I have a Kindle in a nice little leather case and to me that is like holding a book. It's a lot easier in many ways and my father who has arthritis found it really hard to hold paper books.