E-books are still plugging along, not quite an afterthought in the publishing industry but not the hailed champion either. Like their newspaper cousins, book publishers are at a crossroads but completely stumped as to which way to turn, so they are largely sitting around just talking about it. At some level, they all know something digital this way comes and they are OK with that -- it's the silence of the cash registers they have a problem with. The book publishing market is undeniably flat at the moment with no relief in sight. Hence, the stumped silence.
June 09th 2008