The book will be killed not directly by new technology but by the monkey mind it breeds. The issue is concentration, not royalties.

Writing opens up the otherwise unusual prospect of being violently disliked by strangers & training oneself not to mind.

Embarking on another book, writers seldom dare note that few of their favourite authors ever wrote more than 2 or 3 works they really loved.

Those are book tweets from Alain de Botton. Hat tip to The Second Pass.