The Fine Print

This story, about the future of books, is all Piers' fault.  You may send him hate mail.

Johannes Gutenberg sipped his tea with the utmost grace, but his hand never left the pistol.  Marty was in no mood to drink.  He was going to be late for the board meeting.

"All right," he said as pleasantly as he could, "I'll be honest with you.  I don't think I can do thirty percent.  The way things stand with the publishers right now, we'd be deep in the red if we went much over five percent."

The...