This is a tumultuous time for books, a time when “profound structural transformation
is roiling the entire book-publishing and book-selling industry”
(Roderick, 2009, para. 3). E-books are a big part of this tumult, and it is by
no means clear what will become of them. In the words of Los Angeles Times
blogger Carolyn Kellogg (2009), “it’s a mad venture, looking into the future
of ebooks” (para. 1).