Ebooks in decline?
Tim Waterstone (founder of a certain chain of bookshops) said yesterday that he expected the sales of ebooks to plateau or decline. Now, apart from the teensy vested interest in the said Mr W's words and accepting that paper books will be around for a while at least, is there any truth in this?
There is probably a limit to how many American households buy into the ownership of Kindles but since you don't need an e-reader to read e-books (just an App, which is mostly free), this doesn't mean that fewer people will be reading the books.
I think that once people have tried ebooks, like most technological advances, you don't go back. Once you've lived with a dishwasher, you don't go back to washing up by hand.
There is probably a limit to how many American households buy into the ownership of Kindles but since you don't need an e-reader to read e-books (just an App, which is mostly free), this doesn't mean that fewer people will be reading the books.
I think that once people have tried ebooks, like most technological advances, you don't go back. Once you've lived with a dishwasher, you don't go back to washing up by hand.
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