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  1. I finished "Little Japan" this morning and agree it's compelling and titillating. I also agree with the suggestion to let authors know what you think. Doing this recently turned out to be extremely rewarding for me. Thanks for everything, Darla!

  2. As a new author who is hoping to build a business based on ebook sales, I really appreciate this post. It's of course an impulse to get books that are ebooks and send them around, and it's a tricky issue. What happens if you want to lend a book? If you have a paper copy, you can just hand it out.

    That said, for small presses and new writers, that's money that they don't earn and then can't use to support more writing. The same goes for small indi musicians. My rule of thumb is I try to patronize small press authors (ebook too), indi musicians, and local yarn stores (in fact, in the knitting world, they're known as LYS or Local Yarn Shop). It's important to keep our artistic community thriving.

    It is an interesting issue to watch and I think the next decade will see a lot of changes. Thanks, Darla, for sharing your thoughts – and your review and generous spirit – on the subject. I look forward to more essays on this as we see more developments in the industry.

  3. Thanks for the great comments! You offer great thoughts, Catherine. And Dilo, I'm so glad you enjoyed the book and have to say how much I appreciate your catch on the title. Imagine my red face when I give a glowing report to a book and call it by the wrong name. You're so immeasurably helpful in keeping me on the right path.