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"I think that electronic books are not going to siphon off readers of real books," she said. "I think that at most ... they will be an adjunct in the same way that audiobooks are." She noted that her sister is the family expert on audiobooks, and "there are certain kinds of books that lend themselves to be listened to. It has to do with the complication of the plot, the ease of the language, the energy of the reader, all that. And then there are certain books that are too serious, in her mind, to be listened to. "And I think it's going to be the same thing with the e-books. I think that certain kinds of books, particularly that provide straight information -- reference books, textbooks, travel books -- will probably make a good showing in the electronic format. But I don't think it's going to cannibalize the other." And here's the encouraging part, for the writers: "I also think that to you as writers, this should make absolutely no difference at all. It's still -- and I hate to use this word -- it's all content. It's about the content, stupid. ... And books are stories. Narrative. Television -- good television -- is narrative. And people have wanted good narrative for thousands and thousands of years. So really to the writer starting out, or the writer further along, it's really just a delivery system."
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