Ursula K. Le Guin
“I read fast, carelessly, superficially on the screen, and don’t enjoy it. I don’t know why,” writes Ursula K. Le Guin, the prolific author of the award-winning Earthsea fantasy novels, on NorthWest Book Lovers. While she doesn’t care for the e-reading experience, her true gripes with e-books have to do with how they might affect the publishing industry. The Portland-based author has three main concerns: the potential for piracy, an uncertain publishing model, and the control that companies such as Amazon and Apple have over content. At least she sees a bright side, pointing out that “E-publication offers vast availability and accessibility to older texts via our libraries.”
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