Print Books vs. Ebooks: Who's Up, Who's Down, and Where Are We Headed?

Print Books vs. Ebooks: Who's Up, Who's Down, and Where Are We Headed? 

by Dave Shumaker

For more than a decade, print books and ebooks have been locked in a fierce competition for the attention of the reading public, market share in the publishing business, and the hearts of librarians and their patrons. A few years ago, there was talk that the disruptive digital upstarts would put print out of business. But times change. A roundup of recent news and data shows that print is still going strong and provides a few hints about how marketplace developments and librarians’ collection development plans are evolving.

Link | http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleId=118868&PageNum=1

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