Karen Long, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer has written a piece entitled, "In an Increasingly Electronic Age, Books Remain Relevant." Yes, a long-winded title, but a good story that gives hope to us book readers that books will be around for a long long time to come, no matter if there's iPods, laptops, and YouTube.
A factoid:
In 2006, Americans bought more than 3.1 billion books, generating $35.69 billion in sales, up 3.2 percent over 2005's total, according to the Book Industry Study Group.
The story goes on talking about the books coming this Fall and Winter that should have an impact on book publishing and, of course, readers. You can have your MySpace and your ESPN, your Facebook and YouTube. I don't need them. All I need is a few minutes of quiet and a book in my hands.
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