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Well games are more and more like movies in some ways, but I don't see books being replaced by games themselves. Full immersion VR games (if they are ever developed) might come close in some ways in that they will create a sense of reality for the player, but books will more likely just change form as they have before and are now. First was the oral story then the clay tablet after that came the scroll and hand written manuscript which led to pbooks and now to ebooks. The format may change a bit (from txt to mobi to epub, etc.) but other than that the ereader is the only change I can see coming in the future. I mean Kindle and Nook are both good for example, but so was the Beta machine and VHS player in the days before the DVD came along. Who knows what the next storage medium for books will be any more than they know what the next medium for movies will be.
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