There is so much stuff out there today on the net and as information sources. Do kids with access read them at all.As a publisher, I am surprised my book on Spoken English without CD sells more than the one with CD. I have been following up on this "death knell to books theory" with great interest and have been collecting information from all over. There is nothing to suggest a shift away from books to other forms of information dissemination. Maybe the revolution is still in the making. Lesser reading is happening all over for sure due to a variety of competing channels. But more and more books are produced, definitely not a correct indication of things hunky dory. Publishers will disseminate information whatever be the form or media. An increase in the market is a boon for us publishers and surely there is no attempt at stifling the info flow. May be that is a thing of the past. What say. I fear the death of the salesman and the poor marketing skills may impact publishing more than anything else.Cheers!
