Yeah, but this is like being a horse merchant in 1909, watching more and more of those damned contraptions puttering down the road.
I am so determined to traditionally publish that I actually have somewhat of an aversion to e-book publishing, and by the time I have a book in print there won't be many stores left to put it in. So you either sell the ranch and get a job with Mr. Ford or resolve to languor in obscurity — and the opposite way as less than a mere decade ago.
We're changing too fast, gentlemen and ladies — by the time we realize we've gone the wrong direction culturally we'll be off the side of the cliff in free-fall already. (Metaphor #2!)
This article was much darker for me than most, I think. I have a Kindle — I don't use the damned thing. I just dump free books into it from the SweetFreeBooks e-mail list to read someday. I'm relying on a hipster groundswell to bring back those "old analog paper books that used to be cool," to go with their pocket watches and top hats and such.
EDIT: never mind — the first one was a simile.