Will Books Be Napsterized?

October 3, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/business/04digi.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=technology&adxnnlx=1254625361-x4QJmX7K0NvRUnbbDpRMeg

In this article by Randall Stross he talks about how E-books are becoming more popular but not because people prefer it more than hard copies or because its cheaper at Amazon.com, but instead its being accessible for free in websites such as RapidFire.com and Megaupload. So this situation mimics what went on with the music industry in that music files were being uploaded and then downloaded for free on napster without any profits going to the artists. The article goes on to talk about how the music industry hasn't recovered from this and how book sales have been affected in the past couple of years. So this begs the question, will books be napstertized?
This article is revelant as it comes across the same topic we discussed in class about google trying to digitized all of the worlds books. The fact that ebooks are being more apparent goes back to whether people still would prefer print over web.