My observations, having begun actively using a kindle about 3 years ago: - Digital publishing has a lower barrier of entry. - The lengths of digital books I r

My observations, having begun actively using a kindle about 3 years ago: - Digital publishing has a lower barrier of entry. - The lengths of digital books I read has a much larger variation than that of physical books. It doesn't make sense to physically publish a lone short story in paper, and really long stories previously had to either be culled to fit in one binding, or split into a multi-part series. Digital works are less susceptible to this. - It's easier to keep up-to-date on my favorite authors when they publish digitally. In some circumstances (writing boards), I get to read each chapter as the writer completes them, rather than waiting until the entire book is complete. In stark contrast to my reading habits from 5 years ago, I now almost exclusively read self-published works. #1 and #2 have led to me reading some stories that were completely different from anything I've ever seen in print form, like some really snarky story told from the point of view of a rock, only he had no opinions or thoughts, because he was a rock. In general, there's no cost for experimentation (besides time). Relatedly, I know at least one person who has actually just published their first book in physical form. He only did this after amassing a decent base of fans via his digital publications. These are just my observations. I'm not necessarily putting one form above the other - I think they actually work pretty well together currently. I see quite a similarity between physical vs digital books and CDs vs digital music downloads. However, the book is intrinsically usable, whereas the CD requires an additional piece of technology to be used.