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The disruption of the disruption is temporary

April 30, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 29 Comments

There’s little doubt that the digital (r)evolution, to the degree it is measured by the shift by consumers from reading on paper to reading on a screen, has plateaued, at least temporarily. The most recent article in PW on the subject spells out that some publishers have even seen their digital sales decline, although always […]

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