Hard Evidence

that even people with kindles find the electronic versions of their favorite books unsatisfactory: this right here is a study which found that after the distribution of free ebooks online, there was a temporary increase in the sales of the corresponding physical book. Which I find totally understandable; I can see myself reading an ebook and thinking "hey, this is really cool, I want a copy on my shelf." I know not all people feel this way, though. My brother's been a hardcore new media fan for years, and he's currently reading Dickens from his cell phone. While it's totally possible to go completely new media, I feel like old media, in this case, is at least going to put up a fight, much more than did journalism or snail mail.