The document discusses the future of books in light of the growing popularity of e-readers and tablets. It notes that e-readers like the Kobo have over 2 million users due to their convenience and size advantages over printed books. However, many students still prefer printed textbooks that can be resold. Tablets are also growing rapidly in popularity, with Apple's iPad 2 projected to account for 85% of the 2011 tablet market. The future of printed books is uncertain as digital formats continue gaining ground, but physical books still offer an experience that e-readers cannot replicate.

1. Once Upon A Time... There Was A Book
Exploring the Future of Books
by Nicola Plummer

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It is almost impossible to imagine all of this....
It is almost impossible to imagine all of this....

3. ....could fit into this.
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4. In a fast paced environment where there is a large emphasis on convenience,
it is no wonder ereaders have been adopted so quickly.
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The Kobo alone reaches 2.3 million users worldwide.

6. So why an ereader?
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7. size
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8. more accessible reading
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9. ease of use
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10. Amazon is selling 115 ebooks for
every 100 paperbacks.
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11. However, 75% of students said they prefer printed text
when it comes to textbooks...
... noXng that ebooks cannot be resold.
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12. But what about the print market?
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13. The newspaper industry saw a decline of revenue of 36%
between 2000 and 2011,
and has been listed as one of the top 10 dying
industries in the U.S.
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14. Industry analysts such as Sarah Rotman Epps have a call to
acXon for publishers: “your future is mulX‐pla_ormed and
app centric”
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15. But ereaders are not the only thing revoluXonizing the
market...
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16. Tablets are growing at a rapid rate,
and with Apple’s release of the iPad 2,
the game has changed again.
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17. It is esXmated that of the 24.1 million tablets that will be
sold in 2011
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20 million of them will be iPad 2s.

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That’s almost 85% of the market.

20. Has Apple become a monopoly?
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21. The Oxford DicXonary defines an ereader as
“an electronic version of a printed book”
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22. ... but the book doesn’t necessarily need to be in print to
be accessible by an ereader, a trend found more and more
today.
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23. Both formats are enXrely different and offer your five
senses a different experience.
So which will prove to be
more durable?
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24. Will ereaders find a permanent home in the houses, book
clubs and libraries of our society?
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25. or is the simple pleasure of a real book enough?

26. References
http://blogs.forrester.com/sarah_rotman_epps/11-01-04-
us_tablet_sales_will_more_than_double_this_year
http://blogs.forrester.com/sarah_rotman_epps/11-03-02-
ipad_2_will_claim_80_of_us_tablet_market_share_in_2011
http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1022309.shtml
http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_us1242960
http://www.printcan.com/news/2011/20110512776.shtml
http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/
untethered-the-wrap-up-and-drinking-game/
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/950307--kobo-e-reader-reveals-it-
has-2-7-million-users