Books on the way up (Peter Osnos)—or down (Larry McMurty)? Take your pick

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By David Rothman

“Instead of books disappearing, they will be vastly more accessible than they ever were—and significantly, in contrast with the increasingly strapped newspaper and magazine industries, a business model is emerging for paying the creators and distributors of the content.” – Peter Osnos in Who Says the Book Business Is Dead?, a Daily Beast article where he notes the rise of the Kindle and iPhone as reading gizmos.

“I think little kids love to have stories read to them, but when they get to 10 or 11 or 12, they run into this tsunami of technology: iPod, iPhone, Blackberries. They don

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