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Today at 3 p.m. ET, Mashable is moderating a Google+ Hangout with best-selling authors Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Greg Iles, Sam Barry and Ridley Pearson, as well as Lisa Rutherford and Jen Lou from digital publisher Coliloquy.

Together, we’ll discuss the future of e-books, the changing role of printed books in today’s digital world and a new interactive e-book called Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All. The story reveals the tale of a garage band called the Rock Bottom Remainders, which consists of the aforementioned authors and other popular writers. It’s told through a collection of essays, stories, musings, group email exchanges, photographs, candid conversations, audio clips, video clips and interactive quizzes.

Here’s a full description of the Hangout:

In the literary world, they’re rock stars, having sold a combined 350 million books. When they weren’t penning one of their 40 New York Times No. 1 best-sellers, though, they were rocking out as garage band, the Rock Bottom Remainders, created by acclaimed author Stephen King in 1992.

Now, King and his bandmates — authors Scott Turow, Amy Tan, Dave and Sam Barry, Roy Blount Jr., Mitch Albom, James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Matt Groening and Greg Iles — are revealing details about their rockin’ private lives in an interactive e-book came out June 18.

On June 25 at 3 p.m. ET, +Mashable’s Brian Anthony Hernandez will be moderating a Google+ Hangout with Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Greg Iles, Sam Barry and Ridley Pearson, plus Writers House agent Amy Berkower and the volumes editor at Coliloquy Jen Lou, to discuss the future of e-books, printed books’ changing role in today’s digital world as well as their new interactive book.

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Read more: http://mashable.com/2013/06/25/google-hangout-best-selling-authors-discuss-the-future-of-e-books/