"Sales of printed books fell by almost £74m in the UK last year, according to
data from Nielsen BookScan" reveals a BBC article today (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20908048), a 4.6% fall from the previous year with 14% of book sales now in the form of e-books. Now, no longer do people have to hide what they're reading behind another like a copy of '50 Shades of Grey' behind the Beano or grab an adult version of a Harry Potter book, now their reading matter can be as private as the music you listen to on your phone or .mp3 player.
Personally, I still like a physical book but, like CDs to MP3s, the printed word is going to continue to shift into eBooks and the world of reading going through the changes that the music industry did ten years ago.
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