Paper vs digital reading is an exhausted debate

Tim Waterstone's claim that ebooks are in decline isn't persuasive and there are far more urgent matters for readers to discuss

The digital revolution is going into a decline, Tim Waterstone told the Oxford literary festival. Well, it's an attention-grabbing statement, ideally suited to our culture of assertive headlines, but it's probably not true. That's not to say that the rapid growth of digital will necessarily continue, either, certainly not in markets that are already saturated with handheld devices.