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Have we reached peak ebook?

When claims and statistics about book sales versus e-readers are bandied about, it pays to be suspicious.

12 May 2017 12:00

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While just a few years ago, headlines predicted eBook supremacy and the demise of the paper book, that’s now reversed. They’re now saying the Kindle is clunky and unhip and paper books are cool and selling well as eBook sales crash. But are today’s claims any more accurate than those of 2012?

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