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Originally Posted by FacebookVirus
Print books won't be gone in 10 years.
CDs didn't kill vinyl; VCRs didn't kill movie theaters; TV didn't kill radio - but all of these predictions were widespread at one time or another.
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Depends what you mean with "kill". I would consider vinyl not a mass market. It survives, but it isn't very big. And we now have mp3s and spotify too. Who even speaks of CDs? And your examples aren't that great in regard to books. I would consider tv, movies and radio as different mediums. You are right of course, that print books won't be gone in 10 years. Your vinyl example is in my opinion the best in regard to books. Like with vinyl there will be a market for print books in the future. But in essence a book is a book. There are just words. Nothing essential is lost, if you read it digital or on paper. So I don't think ebooks are going away and I expect them to become the preferred format some time in the future. But we are just at the beginning. Print books will be there for a long time.