An earlier post here talked a little about e-books.  Paul Krugman’s op-ed in today’s New York Times offers a few more insights on e-books and what their use means for the publishing industry.  In the article, “Bits, Bands and Books,” Mr. Krugman makes these observations:

. . . But we may finally have reached the point at which e-books are about to become a widely used alternative to paper and ink.

That’s certainly my impression after a couple of months [with] . . . the Kindle. . . .

It’s a good enough package that my guess is that digital readers will soon become common, perhaps even the usual way we read books.