Virtual Books

In Tuesday's Buzz, Balls & Hype M.J. Rose asked Kevin Smokler for his vision of the future:

Every author will have a website, most will have a blog. Publishers will read blogs as a matter of course and know they are crucial to book publicity. Authors will know that hiding out, pretending technology doesn't exist and being afraid of contact with your readers is foolish and self-destructive.

Smokler is, of course, inventor and general factotum of The Virtual Book Tour in which authors visit blogs to boost sales of their books. Now, if we could get Smokler together with Atwood for virtual signings during the virtual tours, all we'd need is virtual books.