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Originally Posted by BookCat
Okay, in an above message I mentioned that I emailed the author. I'm gobsmacked by her response  I deleted my email details etc from the following and have put them in the correct order (mine first):
To: Niffenegger, Audrey
Subject: ebooks: selling your books in e-formats?
Hi,
I'm a member of the MobileRead forum which is for those of us who prefer to read books in e-format. As yet, there is no legal way to purchase "The Time Traveler's Wife" in ebook format. Perhaps you could suggest to your agent/publisher that it be made available in various e formats for those of us who love our kindles, Sony ereaders, mobi's etc.
Just a suggestion,
Catherine
Dear Catherine,
I'm sorry, but I've devoted my life to physical books (I helped found the Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts) and e-books = dematerialised books. E-books imperil book design, typography, and other art forms that I care about. E-books are also not helpful to bookstores, and I love bookstores. So even though I understand that many people prefer e-books, I am not planning to issue my books in that form if I can avoid it. If that means I sell fewer books, so be it.
Thank you for your interest in my work, and for taking the time to write to me.
Regards,
Audrey Niffenegger
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Having read the book, this surprises me not at all. It's fairly obvious she's a physical-object-book fetishist. Too bad that, instead of raging against the darkness, she doesn't see the future coming and dig in and try to make ebooks look and work better so they don't offend her art.
