I am way behind in my readings...but when I stumbled on this article by Boris Kachka in New York Magazine, I could not help but think you might find it interesting.

It is headed by a short paragraph that starts with the following statement. "The book business as we know it will not be living happily ever after."

Duh!

Of course it won't! Who still does believe it will.....After all as Boris Kachka states in his first paragraph, "Harpercollins occupies floors 1 thourgh 22 of a giant steel-and-glass box on 53rd street..."

Sounds more like a law firm than an literary outfit to me... more like an over-bloated corporation...so if we are talking - again - about an industry that will need to adapt and learn new ways to distribute their product, or will have to accept that the book as we know it, is about to disappear, yes, that industry is dying...But perhaps is it time to differentiate the publishing industry from the activity it feeds: reading...same as it is time to split music distribution from listening to music....

Cause neither is reading nor listening about to go under. But Books will -- that is true.