Goodbye Gutenberg. Hello to the Kindle

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This week brought news from Amazon that it now sells more eBooks for the Kindle and other devices than print books. The milestone comes just three years after the device's debut. "We never imagined it would happen this quickly," CEO Jeff Bezos said. Some thoughts on what this means for different types of books from Alex Knapp at Forbes, plus a skeptic's take from John C. Dvorak at PCMag.com.

May 21, 2011

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