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Somebody will be able to crack ebook files in the same way that people cracked music files a decade ago. An author could have worked for three years on his book, have someone buy it for their Kindle for £6.99 and then see it shared with everyone in the world for free.

— Simon Armitage

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

We authors certainly don't know what is going to happen to our books. Are they going to disappear into the ether, following music downloads, or are ebooks going to open up a whole new world of readers? And how much are we being paid per copy? We haven't a clue.

— Justin Cartwright

I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.

— Andrew Wylie

Now, many public libraries want to lend e-books, not simply to patrons who come in to download, but to anybody with a reading device, a library card and an Internet connection. In this new reality, the only incentive to buy, rather than borrow, an e-book is the fact that the lent copy vanishes after a couple of weeks.

— Scott Turow

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

— Igor Stravinsky

Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.

— J. A. Konrath

What's encouraging is that the early new platforms - Kindle and iPad - are clearly leading to people buying more books. The data is in on that.

— Steven Johnson

I love giving people advice on what to do with their books, but I don't really know how a Kindle Single gets covered.

— Sloane Crosley

I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.

— J. A. Konrath

✗Opposing Perspectives

I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You don't have to get books repaired.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that the music business learned much too late.

— Tucker Max