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Whither the Book?

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It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore.

-- Steve Jobs

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If I had asked people what they wanted, they’d have said, “Faster horses.”

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-- Henry Ford

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We’re buggy whips in an automobile world.

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-- Cindy Russell

Owner of City Books

Seattle, WA

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Intellectual property is the oil of the 21st century.

-- Mark Getty

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You can park this device anywhere — the drugstore, Wal-Mart. So why do we need bookstores again?

-- Danny Westneat

Seattle Times

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Book supply chain

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Wholesaler

Bookstore / Library

Reader

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Book supply chain

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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

-- E.L. Doctorow