Thomas Pynchon, novelist of best sellers such as "Crying of Lot 49" and "Gravity's Rainbow" has finally relented to having his books sold electronically.  

Like Pynchon many authors were not gun-ho about digital publishing but many of the early naysayers crossed over because the advantages of getting their work digitized outweighed being a Luddite.

Ann Godoff, the editor-in-chief of Penguin, his publisher, said "there has been a great desire to have all of Tom's books in digital format now, for many years."  

She also said that his motivation is probably no different most authors who have begrudgingly transitioned over to digital. "I think he wants to have more readers," she said. "Every writer wants to have as many readers as they can possibly get. But I don't think this will change his public profile, in terms of him being out there in public. In fact, I know it won't." 

Pychon, however has characteristically said nothing of his decision.  Yet he is not the first author to decry the digital book revolution.  The New York Times reports that many authors have fallen into this category. "Mr. Pynchon, 75, joins a group of prominent authors who have, sometimes reluctantly, agreed to sell their work digitally. Only in November, Ray Bradbury, the science fiction writer who died last week, said he would allow his dystopian classic "Fahrenheit 451" to be sold as an e-book, despite his previous proclamation that e-books "smell like burned fuel."

Judy Blume and even J.K. Rowling did not start selling their books in digital format until recently.  

With this new agreement, all of Pynchon's books will be available in digital form.