The decaying market for printed books
Read how ebooks—and especially the iPad—are changing publishing according to the Wall Street Journal. Here’s my favorite quote from the story: Mike Shatzkin, chief executive of the Idea Logical Co., publishing consultants, “By the end of 2012, digital books will be 20% to 25% of unit sales, and that’s on the conservative side. Add in another 25% of units sold online, and roughly half of all unit sales will be on the Internet.”
You can see a picture of my iPad library above. I have not bought a hardbound book since the day I got an iPad. I usually buy about one a week.
Full story at the Wall Street Journal.
