Brian, if we had any control over the prices of our books . . . well, let’s just say that we don’t and move on. Yes, the prices should be lower and the royalties paid to writers on ebook sales should be higher. But I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for either of those things to happen.

And it’s during the hard times that people need an escape, another point of view, heroes real or imagined more than ever.

Now is not the time to stop writing, but to BRING IT ON! In all of it’s varieties.

It may mean a shift or addition of how of how and where you apply your writing skills but you can will definitely be able to make money writing.

Internet marketing and advertising will only continue to grow. I only wish i could write as well as some of you guys because the only limit to future sucess is creativity and the ability to bring that creativity to the masses effeciently.

Writing is perfect for this and the internet has and will continue to provide you with the means to excel at it.

i got a story to tell that i need to turn into a fiction so that it won’t hurt anyone’s feeling or alter other people’s perception of the subjects in the stories. I hope one day i will have enough time to sit down on a deserted island somewhere to seriously began writing!

Well good luck to all and i am sure i will be dropping back n on u again sometime if its ok.

Oh and make sure you look into the world of ebboks and internet marketing i think you’ll find even more reason to love your craft and welcome the coming changes of the world!

Well, guess u can see i like writing too!:-)

Hervy

Thanks, Mark. That determination to keep writing, that professional stubbornness is probably the best thing we have going for us in these times. As you say, if we weren’t devoted to it, we might find some other line of work. But we’re writers and the stories aren’t just going to go away.

Dave, I agree with you that as technologies improve more and more people will switch over the e-books. And as I say in the post, there are certainly ecological imperatives for doing so. But I would hate to see books as we know them vanish entirely. I like seeing them on my shelves. And I like holding my own books in my hands when they’re published.

As devices become easier to read from and the idea grows less Frankenstein, I could more people going electronic. (If the screen on my iPod was a bit bigger and I didn’t have to advance so often, it would be awesome.)

I don’t see books going away because anybody who stares at a screen all day likely won’t want to stare at one to read. Besides, we’re creatures of habit, and laying on the sofa with a good book in hand is tough to beat.