If history is any guide, printed and digital books will long co-exist

Bookstores and publishers may be hurting, but this does not mean that the book itself is in trouble -- at least not immediately.

More than three billion books are sold annually in America alone. In comparison, Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer, will only sell an estimated three million of its Kindle this year. 

Full text @ economist.com

 

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