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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
"Anyone that says the physical book business is going away is just not paying attention or just doesn't know much about the industry."
Ask Laredo Texas about that.
What's that smoke? Oh, my irony meter blew out. Drat.
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There are plenty of types of books that don't translate well to e-formats.
Children's books, especially for very young children. Coffee-table art books. Reference works. Magazines. Comics/graphic novels. "Novelty" books--tiny books of poetry or quotes that fit in a pocket.
And it'll be quite a while before ebooks take over pbooks, even for novels & linear nonfiction. While I expect ebooks to dominate eventually, that's many years away, and possibly several decades away. (Among other problems, the lack of easy used ebook exchanges will prevent it from taking hold among adolescents, which means people won't grow up thinking of ebooks as primary reading material.)