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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I've got to agree with Steve on this one. There's no way that as the technology improves and the price comes down, that a whole generation weaned on the computer and technology will even consider the printed book as anything but quaint. I love books, I've been an avid reader all my life, I even like the smell of the things, but it's no contest to me. Electronic books means I can read more, store more, and transport them without any cost at all. I just wish e-books had been around earlier.
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In the foreseeable future that we can discuss pertinently (10-20 years) I doubt that will happen; print books will remain dominant, though e-books will increase in market share, and the question is where 3%, 10%, 1% - I doubt that they will get in double digits percentage of the total book market as *revenue* soon - I predict boldly that ebooks will stay below 10% of revenue in the book market for the next 10 years at least, most likely for the next 20...
After that who knows - highways have not disappeared after all, have been around since the Romans at least - but who knows, we may get teleporting and they will indeed disappear...
My problem with all this "print will fade away" thingy is that it is used to justify draconian drm and ridiculous e-book prices