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Originally Posted by Teutonic0
The switch to electronic print seems inevitable, and some people will always resist these kinds of industry shifts. I'm sure work animal sellers weren't thrilled about the advent of the tractor. My question is whether, and how much, will there always be some sort of demand for printed books (for niche purposes and demand).
But it looks like James Patterson's new book is coming out a week from the printing of the ad, so it's tough to say to what degree he's serious about this, leaving the rest to likely just be a promotional stunt.
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I imagine it's not the first time the publishing crowd has had something to complain about either. I mean at one time scribes wrote books by hand then a man named Gutenberg discovered a way to quickly print text on paper. I imagine the scribes (those that lived through the plague anyway) weren't happy about that any more than modern publishers are happy about this new development. One can't remain in the past though. Things always change in one way or another.