Remember when everyone thought ebooks would replace physical books? Me neither

A tweet today reminded me of a topic I’ve wanted to get off my chest for some time now:

Remember when both #authors and #publishers thought eBooks were going to replace real books? Me? I prefer holding a real book.

— Jared Kessler (@jaredkessler) June 18, 2017

To answer Kessler’s question, no, I do not remember any moment in time when authors and publishers (or even readers) thought ebooks would replace paper books.

I’ve seen and heard this claim so often I can only conclude some massive re...