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No, they're not. They're really not.
Bloggers and writers all over have jumped all over the article about how Amazon sells more ebooks than hardbacks, making loud proclamations that the change is coming.
Maybe it is. But maybe it isn't.
Nearly all of the opinion pieces I've seen on the matter take the same tack. Physical books are going away!
Ummm... First off, read the statistic again. More ebooks than HARDbacks. I buy very few hardcover books. Hardcover books do not typically constitute the majority of books in a bookstore. This is a selective statistic, designed to get attention and promotes knee jerk reaction.
Worked quite a tick, dontcha think?
If you're interested, try reading the whole article.
I don't know what the future of books is. This article describes the present. Extrapolations are completely subjective, and are indicative more of the writer's mentality than they are of the state of things to come.
I don't have an e-reader. Yet. Am on the fence about it, truth be told. But then, I'm also cheap. And I can see advantages to a wide scale digitization of reading material. My point isn't actually about books. When somebody tells you about an article, read it yourself. Don't let somebody else give you your opinion.
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