I would like to think that Kindle and e-books have brought a larger audience to reading. And because of the ability to adjust the font size on most of them, I have heard many say they can enjoy reading again. It also takes up less space than the number of overflowing bookshelves I have.
Although I write Regency era historical romance, many things that happen in our modern everyday lives can be altered to fit the Regency era and I have used many situations in my stories and fashioned some of my characters after people who I've known throughout my life.
I have always loved people and I am thrilled when people recognized me and begin to ask me about my books and if certain characters will ever have their own stories.