I am not much into ebooks. I know they are the wave of the future, and it is very cool to think of being able to carry around a library with you wherever you go. I will not deny how neat that is.

I also see a better future for writers with greater ease in publishing and greater ease for readers. It is not as costly to be published electronically, but it does still cost. Life still continues to cost, too. Authors gotta eat, yo!

This trend from the general public for artistic endeavors (writing, painting, photography, etc.) to be free or almost free needs to stop. This whole thing with 'do it for the exposure' is a load of crap.

Ebooks are not expensive. The vast majority of them are less than $10, most of those less than $5, some of those less than one dollar! Yet, there still seems to be some uproar about why they should be distributed freely. Please consider my earlier sentence about the costs of living and artists needing to eat. As lovely and rewarding as creating may be, it still does not fill the belly.

I have books in my electronic library I will never read. I just bought them to show support, because they are so affordable. Let's all show support. That's much more satisfying than complaining.