Very interesting

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Sales of children's and YA books have gone up since the introduction of e-readers.

Thoughts? Comments? I'm curious, since the people I've spoken to are all over the place about whether e-readers will lead to the death of the book, contribute to the decline of literacy, or destroy the ability of authors to make a living. Can anyone speak to this? Personally I've found myself reading more, and spending more on books, now than I did a year ago, but YMMV.....

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There's a discussion going on in Jane Yolen's Facebook about this very issue, since royalty payments for hardcovers that are converted to e-books are substantially lower. Nothing about paperbacks, which is what I'm primarily buying. I'm also sensing a strong Luddite strain among some of the posters, which bothers me quite a bit.