read the article posted by the OP...i just feel irritated by another opinion piece bemoaning the loss of something sentimental (at least in the writer's personal recollection) while casting the new technology / trend as criminal.
i like books, i read a reasonable amount. almost all of it recently in ebooks. and i agree not all technology is good, but physical books aren't going to disappear nor a those bookstores that can adapt. just last weekend i bought 4 pbooks for the kids.
not a perfect response to original article but an interesting counter-point
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_6762674.html