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Mr Addyman, 57, said: ‘Kindles have no place at this festival which is supposed to be a celebration of the written word – and books.
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Last I checked, all of my ereaders contain pages and pages of the written word - in the digital format that authors use to send their books to their publishers.
Don't get me wrong, I have sympathy for small booksellers in the emerging ebook world. But no one ever gets anywhere swimming against the tide; they need to figure out how to incorporate an aspect of it into their business.
Perhaps it's time to bring back subscription libraries - customers could then get to read the latest books without the long public library wait times.