When I was growing up music stores were everywhere. I remember saving up my allowance to buy the latest cassettes (later CDs) from my favorite artists.
Now music stores are increasingly hard to find. The few that remain (in my area) sell more movies and video games than they do music. The advent of downloadable music changed everything.
Is the same future in store for traditional publishing?
Here in the U.S. Borders, the second largest bookstore chain, is closing all of its stores as we speak. Could we be entering an era in which ebooks become the dominant form of publishing?
If so, is this necessarily a bad thing?
Now music stores are increasingly hard to find. The few that remain (in my area) sell more movies and video games than they do music. The advent of downloadable music changed everything.
Is the same future in store for traditional publishing?
Here in the U.S. Borders, the second largest bookstore chain, is closing all of its stores as we speak. Could we be entering an era in which ebooks become the dominant form of publishing?
If so, is this necessarily a bad thing?