[Teresa Edgerton]

Thanks, DMatusik. The break doesn't actually come yet. I have to write the last book in the series first, then I'll be able to either relax for a while or take on some of the other projects I have in mind.

I know Cory Doctorow has been fabulously successful with his e-books, Giovanna. But the thing is, I haven't heard of anyone being that successful at it since. Sometimes being one of the first gives you an advantage, because you establish yourself before the market is flooded with competition. It's certainly fascinating to see what he has to say on the subject -- he brings up points I never would have thought of -- and I thank you very much for posting it. But then there is something like point #3, which shows that he's very much in love with the technology, switching it back and forth from format to format. It makes me want to say, stop playing with the darn thing; it's a book, not a computer game.

But this is probably me being an old fogey. (In line with which, Strife, reading things on the computer can be very uncomfortable when you're my age, but I will keep in my mind that the ebook might be advantageous in terms of attracting younger readers.)

And for the being-one-of-the-first aspect, it turns out that my books are among the first 9,000 to be offered in amazon's new Kindle format. It will be interesting to see how that works out. Maybe it will make a believer out of me.

Wiglaf, I like being surrounded by thousands of books. On the other hand, I live in a house that has room for them (now that we've cleared out all the offspring) and my husband is very good at building bookshelves. He should be; he's had plenty of practice. Most of them are built-in, though, so he'll have much of it to do over again when we move.