The whole "tactile pleasure" thing is getting old. Most of them have an example of the unimportance of tactile pleasure right in front of them... their computer keyboard, which looks and feels nothing like the keyboard of a good ol' manual typewriter. Anyone who believes the experience of holding a bound book and turning pages will somehow "save" the paper book from being replaced is being intentionally obtuse.
The article hits on a key issue:
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"The younger generation have spent their formative years reading from screens. We don't really know how they are going to react," says Goss.
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That should be obvious, by anyone who's seen a kid play a handheld gaming device the size of a deck of cards. Making excuses and ignoring the obvious is only making publishers look silly, and delaying the inevitable.