Small Press Network Conference

This was on recently in Melbourne and had some great panel discussions. Of course featuring, as it does in most conferences, is the relative positioning of ebooks and pbooks, and of course how many people are reading, and whether ebooks are going to kill pbooks.

Most people seemed to believe that ebook sales would even out. Certainly I have many books on my bookshelf that are really dusty and that I won't read again. These would have been good as ebooks. Then again, I do truly want to own a book I have paid for. On the other hand, I have hard backs of The Lord of the Rings from the early 70's that I treasure.

Books as beautiful objects seem to be here to stay.