This year's London Book Fair, which ends today, held a session on Sunday called the Digital Future Is Now. A UK publishing executive spoke of the surging US e-book market and how it had been jump-started by the Amazon Kindle. I don't have a Kindle yet, but must get round to it. Annie Mole has noticed that there's one in every Underground carriage these days, and who wants to be left out? Annie observes:
It'll be interesting to see how this picture will change in five years time. How long will it be before we see more people reading from iPads, Kindles or other e-readers than people reading printed books and papers on the Tube?
Not long at all, I'd say. The Tube experience is quite conducive to nourishing Kindle-use. After all, you need elbow room to turn a page. Now read on.
