“After-Words” by Glen Hirshberg will be appearing in Prime’s forthcoming Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2012 edited by Paula Guran. Jennifer Konieczny interviews him on the story.

Aaron says neither Ariel or his father could “understand about why saving books from extinction might be worth fighting for.” How do you feel about publishing moving towards e-books and away from traditional books? Do you use an e-reader?

I do use e-readers, and to my surprise, I love them. But I love them primarily because they give me opportunities to read even more, and to access difficult-to-find material. I think it remains to be seen whether the move to e-books will wind up good for writers, for readers, etc. I love books, and will always have them in my home and life, but I don’t feel it my duty or mission to proselytize for them. I’d rather proselytize for great writing. There’s an opportunity here to loosen the stranglehold that a staid, snarky, smug few have exerted over what constitutes good writing and who will have access to it for too long. I don’t have any particular faith that will happen. But we can all dream…

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