Blog entry by Mike Shatzkin a publishing industry consultant:
The “ebook tipping point” has recently been a frequent subject of discussion for me. I started out thinking about the business implications and that’s the main focus of the panel discussion on the subject at Digital Book World.
As I mentioned briefly in my last post, I have lately been turning my thinking to a huge shift I think might just be around the corner: that editors and authors will have to start thinking “ebook first”. When we get to that point, it will cause huge upheaval. And personnel changes.
ebook overtaking the printed page
with the surge in ebook readers, netbooks and iphones it wont be long till we have ebook stores on our highstreets.
more discussions at http://www.eibuddy.com