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Nicholas African-American-ponte says physical books are dead in 5 years. That seems pretty rapid, but I believe it.

Posted by Mop (223 lbs) (aka rburriel) Aug 6 '10, 11:56

Comic books don't have much longer, either. Nor CDs or DVDs/Blu-rays for that matter. There will always be a market for "gotta have it on my shelf" but it will be limited to collectors.

Mop

http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/06/physical-book-dead/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch) (techcrunch.com)

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Kim is willing to consider getting rid of some of our library. I think that speaks volumes. -- nm - David Aug 6, 12:11 3
- Long before we purged our DVDs, we did the same to our books. Hundreds of books. They're a BITCH to move. We were glad to be done with them. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 12:13
- *some* kinda softens it, though. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:12 1
  - I just bought a book last week that I'll leave to someone in my will. Neither of us will ever get rid of all of our books. -- nm - David Aug 6, 12:20
Paper books/ebooks is going to be a lot like horses/cars, I think. People who love paper books will always be able to borrow, rent, or buy them; they - mara Aug 6, 12:03
And digital comic books aren't nearly as collectible and valuable as a real one you can touch through a plastic bag. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:03
I say that cars that do not fly are dead in 20 years. - Spawn Aug 6, 12:03
They said the same thing about film 20 year ago. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:01
Didn't everyone predict the death of CDs years ago? Still around. -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 12:00
Why did feds claim Kindle violates civil rights? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:59 3
- nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:59 2
  - Uhm...weren't they threatening the wrong people? Shouldn't htye have gone after Amazon for producing the non-compliant item? -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:07 1
    - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 12:11
Studying the trends. Making conclusions. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:58
Don't believe it. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 11:58 1
- /reads article, gets annoyed by context/ - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 12:02
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Physical books will be around for decades, at a minimum. -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 11:57 9
- They'll still exist, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see e-books outselling dead tree books overall within 3-4 years. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 12:00 2
  - I loathe e-books -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 12:01 1
    - I would almost pledge right now that I will never give up paper books, ever. - TFox Aug 6, 12:02
- I suppose it depends on what we mean by "being around". Vinyl records are still "around". - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 11:58 5
  - sales of vinyl went up in 2009....nm - xi Aug 6, 12:13 1
    - I have no doubt. Suddenly they were front and center at Best Buy and several other places. wtf? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 12:17
  - when the planes hit the twin towers there was a photog making scenic views with a glass plate camera Daguerrotype -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:01
  - You mean Amazon, the only place to buy a Kindle book, is selling lots of those compared to their share of the book market? - TFox Aug 6, 12:00 1
    - You're right. Amazon isn't a very big player in the physical book market. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 12:01

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