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http://www.economist.com/node/21528611

TO SEE how profoundly the book business is changing, watch the shelves. Next month IKEA will introduce a new, deeper version of its ubiquitous “BILLY” bookcase. The flat-pack furniture giant is already promoting glass doors for its bookshelves. The firm reckons customers will increasingly use them for ornaments, tchotchkes and the odd coffee-table tome—anything, that is, except books that are actually read.

Gawker's spin:

No biggie, just a bookshelf that won't hold books. I don't think the publishing industry should be worried, because consumers like to put books in all sorts of different places, like the trash.