Title: Physical books still outsell e-books — and here's why
Headings: Physical books still outsell e-books — and here’s why
Physical books still outsell e-books — and here’s why
Content: Not every author is a fan of e-books: “ The Catcher in the Rye” author JD Salinger famously resisted digital media and information sharing online, but in August his estate agreed to publish his work as e-books for the first time. Salinger’s son Matt said a letter from a woman with a hand-related disability who found physical books hard to handle had convinced him to make his books available, according to a report in the Guardian. As for the future of books, all formats will continue to be in demand, according to Jacks Thomas, director of The London Book Fair. “ People always need knowledge and people always need stories, so from that point of view, the very core of the book industry I am sure is very strong. I’ll be really interested to see what the classroom of the future is because I think that will dictate a huge amount as to how future generations will engage with the written word … Or will it be the spoken word, but it will still be stories and it will still be knowledge, those aspects of books will still need to be curated. So, I think that the book, in whatever format, has a strong future,” she told CNBC.