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Replacing books seems a bit far away but taking a big chunk of the newspappermarket is not that far away I belive and hope. Well it wont replace it totaly because way more people read newspapers than those who will buy a ebook reader.
It is a question about advantages between a e-thing and a "real"-thing (yes digital things are real too but I think that you know what I mean) that concludes if the e-thing will take over totaly or if they will live in harmony.
The advantage that ebooks has over paperbooks is right now more or less just wieght, when price is starting to be a advantage also it will be more intresting. You could argue about the accesabillity (kindle, internet vs bookstore) but you dont buy a book that often that it really is a issue.
A newspaper on the other hand, there you just want to have the news and you want them often and fast. And the price for the e-newspapers will probobly go down much faster than the ebook prices because you already getting the news for free on the internet.
So my guess is, newspapers will lose to the ebooks and paperbooks will lose some marketshares to ebooks but will prob be around for a very long time.
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