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By Paul Biba

Thus says George Weidenfeld in this article about him. Lord Weidenfeild is founder of the British publishing firm Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The article has all sorts of interesting stuff. Well worth reading.

logo.gif“I believe the electronic book has a future,” says Weidenfeld. “But that is the case for reading for information – some genres will, broadly, disappear in paper format. There will still be beautiful books, though, ones you’d want on your library shelves. They will remain as works of art or in the case of a book you want to have constantly in front of you. It will, of course, have an effect on the number of publishers.”

 
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