Jane Friedman:
Despite the burgeoning expansion of ebooks, however — and their emblematic status as the icon of the digital revolution — [Hough] McGuire points out that ebooks are a lot more similar to web sites than they are to traditional books.
E-books might just be the bridge to an open web future. Publishers are trying hard to hold on to relevance for one more technological generation. What will they do when e-books lose their appeal?