There are some examples of fiction which has been written exclusively for the World Wide Web. Terry Pratchett is an example of one author who has written a short story and published it exclusively on the Web. This is a very generous notion, but will by no means appeal to all authors. Terry Pratchett's short story has been written in a very simple format and does not even include visual images. Probably both the biggest argument and the biggest problem in regardes to the future of the book is the issue of accessibility.
Many novels are on line and many more are likely to be put on line.
While the use of the Web is still limited to particular socio-economic groups, this is expected to change in the near future. Statistics have shown that the number of people on the Internet system increases every day. Matthew Gray is one provider of data on the growth of the Web so far. It would be reasonable to expect that novels would become available to many more people over the World Wide Web. Once the hardware and software is in place there is currently no cost to read some of the great literary classics.