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This is currently on his blog. While I think what he said was wrong , what he is saying now I think is good and showing he is willing to check it out. I think overall he is another person who feels threatened by ebooks. I can understand that. Half my reading is regular paperbooks and always will be. I do not have the disposable income to begin with to buy all my books I read and I love swapping books online and with friends.
Anyway this is currently on his blog:
Sherman's message in response to a New York Times article that is, in part, about his participation on a panel at BookExpo America in New York last Thursday and his joke about Kindle: In the aftermath of my recent public comments about my fear and loathing of Kindle and its kind, I have received a few dozen amazing, passionate, and compelling emails about the power and beauty of electronic books (and many more hilarious ones questioning my sanity, my morality, my anger management ability, and my writing skills). I have been especially humbled by those Kindle readers who, because of various physical issues, can only read with the machines. While I still have serious qualms about the technology, I have been challenged and emotionally moved enough to take a long-requested meeting with the folks at Amazon and Kindle and listen to their arguments for the machines. I'm on Amazon's list of most-requested authors whose fiction is not available electronically, so now, thanks to the beautiful emails I received, I will do my best to enter the meeting with an open mind. And I definitely promise that I will not beat up anybody at Amazon or Kindle.
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