The article is from May, but the discussion about the ‘demise of books’ is far from over.
From Times Online UK, writer Nicholas Clee [joint editor of the book industry newsletter BookBrunch and the author of Eclipse (Bantam Press)] examines the recent phenomena (e-books, the Espresso Book Machine, the closing of many traditional bookstores, etc). that has lead to what some may consider to be ‘the decline and fall of books’ (or ‘tree books’ as I like to call them).
it’s a race
First one who perfects and successfully markets a cheap on-demand book printing operation wins.