Saturday Discussion - Are Print Books Dying?

Seth Godin posted that Linchpin is the last book he'll publish in the traditional way. And that of course lead to a great deal of debate on other blogs and via Twitter.

Interestingly, I can't see where Seth said he was going digital - I think his focus was on publishing rather than format - but the debate has really become all about the death of the traditional print book and how it will be replaced by the digital book.

I'm somewhat at odds with this conversation. I'm unusual in that I love reading, but I have no interest in books. Does that make sense?

I read a minimum of a book a week, and I cannot remember a time when I didn't have one on the go. But:

• I very, very rarely read a book more than once
• I tend to trash books, breaking their spines, folding corners of pages and getting suntan cream on them
• I never write notes in them or even refer to them once read

So for me, digital books and a Kindle make perfect sense, with the biggest benefit being no need for storage.

But I think I'm unusual - having followed this story, I think people are attached to physical books, many read them and read them again, and others enjoy having a library full of books with notes in the margin.

So what's your take on this? Will you go digital? Do you love books as objects? Do you think the print booking is slowly dying or are rumours of it's demise greatly exaggerated?

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