All that fretting about young consumers and tablets killing print might have been a little premature: e-book sales have “slowed sharply.” Despite predictions that digital would overtake print by 2015, they accounted for 20% of the market in 2014, and have fallen 10% in 2015.

All that fretting about young consumers and tablets killing print might have been a little premature: e-book sales have “slowed sharply.” Despite predictions that digital would overtake print by 2015, they accounted for 20% of the market in 2014, and have fallen 10% in 2015. E-book subscriptions services have shut down, while independent bookstores are seeing a stronger market. One fact many are particularly surprised by: even young digital natives say they prefer print. (NYTimes)