Thursday, 17 December 2009

THE DEATH OF PRINT????

THE HUFFINGTON POST has an interesting article by Steve Haber:

n five years we will look back and see 2009 as a watershed moment in the history of digital books, reading and publishing. While U.S. book sales may only be up a modest 3.6 percent for the year according to data from the Association of American Publishers, eBook sales have cemented their standing as the industry's lone high-growth area with sales up 176 percent and monthly sales reaching $15.9 million. Yes - in a world of social networks, video games and mobile handsets that do everything imaginable, Americans have maintained their interest in reading. FULL STORY

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