The sad demise of the digital book.

Digital book sales are declining alarmingly we were told this week but that comes at no surprise to me.

I submit this comment with no scientific evidence whatsoever, simply my own experience. I like print books but when you finish one at three in the morning and still cannot sleep you can fall back on the kindle. You know that when it comes to the weekend you can get to a bookshop and buy a good book and so you just need something that will keep you reading for a few days and so you try the free ones. There is a reason that they are free. You try the cheap ones, some of those are actually very good. Finding them in the midst of the many dreadful books is difficult but worthwhile. There are some crackers in the 99p to £2.99 range. It is silly to imagine that you pay around £10 in a bookshop for a good book but expect the same for free or 99p. You just get your moneys worth mainly.

People that have a downer on e-books, I can understand, pay peanuts etc, Good e-books those that cost a penny or two tend to be as good as print books. We just have not really decided that yet.