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I think this is a curious discussion about the inevitable. This is the same discussion that has been going on in the camera world. Film may not totally go away but it still can be considered dead. I love the arguments about there will always be a group of people that will buy a good paper book. Maybe we all fit in this category from time to time. Still the economics are not there. The cost of keeping book stores open require more than a bunch of people interested in paper books. Can you walk into a Tower Record store? Here we are talking about CD's that still exist. Unfortunately the ease of MP3 downloads trump walking into a music store. Or for that matter buying from Amazon. Businesses like Amazon may delay the demise of paper even as the brick and mortar retails stores close. Still, the economics foreshadow the rise of digital books over paper. I bet game over in five years.
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