Digital Book World’s Guy LeCharles Gonzales blogged last week about why we should still be excited about books, about publishing, about the who book industry during a time of such rapid change and development, more rapid than any other the publishing industry has ever seen. He interviewed leaders in the publishing and bookselling industry, asking them to simply state why book still excited them.

You can read all the responses at the original post, here.

Cosimo’s own publisher commented on this post, and here’s what he has to say about books and the written word: WHY it still matters.

“The written word has changed the world from pre-historic to historic.

Guttenberg has changed the world from very limited information access to wide availablilty.

The Internet & eBooks will change the world from reading somewhere, sometime to reading whatever, whenever.

The written word & books will keep informing and inspiring humanity.”

To read more comments and leave your own, check out the original post, or leave a comment on twitter with the hashtag #whybooks.

Feel free to let us know why you’re excited about books, too!

Read more at DigitalBookWorld.com: Why Books? 9 Reasons to be Optimistic | Digital Book World