The physical book is alive and well, and doing better than ever
BySeema Goswami
Dec 12, 2015 10:32 PM IST
The ebook may be here to stay; but the physical book is alive and well, and doing better than ever, writes Seema Goswami.
So, were the rumours of the death of the physical book greatly exaggerated? You remember them, don’t you? All those articles in the media bemoaning the fact that people were switching over to digital reading devices, and that the sales of actual books were declining year on year.
The old-fashioned way: Amazon opened its first physical bookstore in November this year in Seattle. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)(Getty Images)
Hast thou left thy first love? My new-found fondness for the Kindle doesn’t mean that my love affair with the physical book is over. Not by a long measure. (Photo: Shutterstock)