[Orochi]

I think it really doesn't matter. Times change, it's more a matter of efficiency.

What did we do before paper? We passed stories down from mouth to mouth. Not very efficient, but verbal stories still exist today, albeit very limited. The internet all but wiped out encylopedias, but they still exist, albiet very limited. We don't paint on cave walls today, but arguably we still communticate with graffitti, not extremely efficient, but you could argue cave painting still exists - no?

Paper books will still exist for quite some time, I am sure. I don't think they will ever completely disappear, but they are likely to become more limited as time passes. E-books are just in the birth stage, really. They have a long way to go, but in alot of ways, it is a more effecient way of communication and will become more stable in the future. It also allows more people to communicate more effectively than paper. With a digital publication it is possible to reach more readers and more quickly, than before. It also allows new authors less of a struggle to get their work out there, than is possible with paper. You are no longer resticted, in many ways.

Its really a case of the medium vs the message. The content isn't the message, the medium is. Think about it.