Should we ‘get over’ print books in the digital age – or are they more precious than ever?
- Written by Beth Driscoll, Associate Professor in Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
Ebooks have been popular for decades and audiobooks are increasingly so. But physical books are still the decided favourite: a survey of Australian publishers after last Christmas reported print books made up a comfortable majority of sales (ebooks were 4–18% and audiobooks 5–15%). This is despite regular warnings about the death of...




