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Lately, I’ve been thinking about writing a book, but have started to wonder if a book is what I need to write.

See, the publishing industry is hurting, which is evident by the many book store closing throughout the country. Borders, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million are as scarce as internet cafe’s once were. Remember how you could only get internet access in the chic boutique coffee spots?

If you don’t, ask someone who was living in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. I’m sure they remember internet access being rare in public places, kinda like the public telephone.

My whole point is my concept of writing a book use to be traditional, NY Times Bestseller hard copy 200+ pages color cover w/my picture (of course) which could be seen in libraries around the world. Well if you’ve been to a library lately, you know that people are there to use the computers as much as they are there to read the books.

Times are changing so fast that my concept of writing a book has changed to the point that you may never turn a page in my book, but click or scroll with your finger how you view it. You may actually listen to my notes as you read my words on your ipad, iphone, tablet, let’s just say “screen” without ever seeing me sit on Oprah (ohh well), Ellen or Wendy Williams’ couch to tell my story.

My book may be just a bunch of text written that floats from device to device. So, I’m not really sure it’s a book at all anymore. Is the future of books a format that doesn’t exist in a tangible form, but as a collection of themed thoughts that act as a unit regardless of the platform? I don’t know what it will be, but I’m writing a book!