Britney Spears and the Future of Book Publishing

The printed book is going the way of the 78 record. The Kindle, The Nook, and now the Ipad — these new products with catchy names are the MP3 player-equivalents that are hastening the demise of the traditional publishing industry and the offshore printing companies in one fell swoop. There is no denying the sales data — when Jeff Bezos tells us that even a year ago Amazon was selling 3.5 copies of the Kindle version for every ten printed...