STAGE TUBE: Best-Selling Authors Mitch Albom, Greg Iles, Lisa Rutherford & More Discuss E-Books on Google Hangout

Today at 3 p.m. ET, Mashable moderated 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. Check out the video!

Together, they discussed 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.