Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Can ebooks and print books coexist?

I think there is a real issue in whether ebooks and print books can coexist. Nothing is clear right now with everyone. Either you feel one way or the other. Either you prefer an ebook or you prefer a print book. And whichever you prefer is generally what you think will dominate. (Although sometimes you hear that someone likes both -- in fact buys the ebook and the print version of the same book.) I don't think this is an either-or situation. I think both ebooks and print books can thrive, in the future. Here is a very good video about this subject: http://www.bookbusinessmag.com/aggregatedcontent/video-can-print-e-books-coexist . Right-on is the video observation that the best analogy to this situation is the 19th century development of photography and its affect on painting. Photography thrived as a depiction of reality and painting thrived by becoming more subjective. But they both thrived; one did not replace the other.

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