Face it—eBook sales are up, analog eBook sales are down. Pretty soon collectors are going to realize that normal people no longer share their bourgeois fascination with things like the bittersweet aroma of ink on paper, or the satisfying heft of a classic hardcover, or the fact that books don’t randomly turn off when you forget to charge them. And when that day comes, not only will I finally be rewarded for my foresight and business acumen, but also I won’t have to avoid my landlord anymore. —McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Welcome to My Rare and Antiquarian eBook Shop..
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