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First of all despite Mr. Jobs' recent excellent (and well deserved) press, let us not forget that he almost drove Apple into bankrupcy and Apple had to be helped to survive by (gasp) Bill Gates with a timely cash infusion.
Regarding books, Mr. Jobs is wrong on two factual counts:
- Americans never read that much at any point in US history, and when they read they read lots of practical stuff (how to do this or that, how to make money)
- While there are problems with the publishing industry (consolidation, distribution), there is a fact that there were never more books published here in the US than today, and the industry is doing quite well financially
Magazines and newspapers are going digital or down true, but that's another story. The book business is still doing very well, and I see no reason for now at least for this to change
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