Not a shock here. I was an early adopter of the Kindle. I read a lot and I travel a lot. Sometimes I would have to pack 2 or 3 books depending on the trip which took up a ton of packing space. The Kindle was thin and easy to use. It’s going to be weird walking through an airport and not see racks of paperbacks in the stores.
not sure if i intentionally did that but have bought some james patterson and zane greys that may have been mass marketed at some point; but i need and easy read; last book included a WW2 hero pilot that later was discarded by the country and end his life.
patterson is an easy read.
I’ll be at the grand opening of the new Katy Barnes and Noble this week.
I am confident that there will be PLENTY of paperbacks on sale.
The fact that ONE distributor of cheap “mass market” paperbacks is folding is NOT a sign that paperbacks on the whole will completely disappear.
Paperbacks in other forms will remain.
I have a Kindle, and I do order and read books on it. But if there is any book that I want to put up on the shelf and add to my permanent collection for future reference, I tend to still buy it hard copy…and when available…I get it in paperback form to save money.
Tactile book reading is still a thing.
A good friend of mine refuses to use an e-reader. He also only buys hard cover to put on his shelves.
If you read the article they clearly state that it is only those mass market paperbacks that are being discontinued and not all paperbacks (such as trade paperbacks which is a different format).