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Originally Posted by DJHARKAVY
...I suspect that in the long run, hardcovers will be there for the collector, and ebooks will be used by the masses (either on personal tablets or dedicated ereaders or something in between) but the paperback market will be pretty much gone.
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I guess it depends what amount of time the long run is. I don't see mass market paperbacks disappearing in my lifetime, which is to say the next thirty years. I think there are a lot of people who enjoy the inexpensive western or romance genre-type paperbacks, and who won't make the switch.
But as eBook readers become more widely owned, I can see the $14.99 trade paperback going away.