Got a minute? Check out the book trailer here . In 1998, Richard Curtis--an old-school literary agent famous for his work on behalf of science-fiction, fantasy, thriller, and other genre authors--attended the first meeting of the Electronic Book Workshop. He listened to a roomful of geeks rapturously describing how they’d make the world’s great literature freely available on screens . . . until he finally stood up to break the bad news: “Have any of you ever heard of something called...

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