You're going to read this year at some point May as well get an answer. The eBook craze They've been going strong for the past 10 years - just in the past 5 years becoming accessible in your pocket, not just through pirating or spam chain mail only. eBook readers read about 25 books a year - and look like they. Having access to all the bestsellers in history, is enticing enough to put out that bookshelf you forgot was in the corner of your office. But what about the feel of flipping just one more page, a few more pages, before you set the paperback aside for the night, because you have to work in five hours. iPads can try to emulate page-turning and it looks cool. But for some, it's not as satisfying. They say they really like the smell of compressed dead trees - for the sake of authenticity. Which is another thing! It costs publishers almost zero, nil, to produce eBooks, after formatting. They're giving everyone the book file ready-to-download. ...