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Originally Posted by medard
Digital reading is not the future...
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Do you really believe that?
Personally, I have zero doubt the paper book is dying, but I think it's dying extremely slowly. First to go will be fiction, then the non-fiction equivalent of a novel (i.e. non-fiction intended to be read cover-to-cover... is there a word for that?) Eventually, paper books will be limited to specialty books and possibly bestsellers.
My (reasonably uninformed, unprofessional) guess is that within the next 15-20 years time we'll see the above come to pass. And once it does, it's just a matter of a bit more time before paper books are gone altogether. I may be completely off on that timing, it may happen sooner it may happen later, but I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever it will happen.