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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Paper books are going away sometime in the near future. When that happens is anyone's guess, but they are going away. The future is digital. It's here and it's expanding. There's no stopping it. I envision a near future with internet/cell access to every point on the planet; either very cheap or government subsidized.
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I was thinking of this, and I'd like to disagree.
I don't think paper is going to go in the near future (the far future, yes, but not the near one). But, I think the mass market pocket is going to disappear in the near future. Those will be replaced with electronic versions. The books that you want to keep and want to show off (the hardcovers and such) will stay for a long time.
People are getting more mobile, moving house more, going on vacation more, taking more short trips. And even those that think that ebooks are nothing will have to admit that it is easier to take one small device containing multiple books instead of those multiple books in paper form.
The ones that say that ebooks won't take off are those that read maybe a few books a year. (but that's a completely different story!)