Major book stores projected to be gone in 8 years

In a very interesting article published on the web site, Seeking Alpha, there is a very interesting article on the success of the Kindle vs Apple's iBooks. However, in this article, "Kindle is Outselling iBooks Big Time", the author makes a prediction on the demise of the book stores as we know them in something like 5 to 8 years. Essentially, in this decade there is going to be a hugh transformation of the delivery system of what was formally printed material. Earlier in the week, there was another article on Seeking Alpha on whether Barns & Noble would loose the ebook wars, "Will Barnes & Noble Lose the E-Book War?", in it the author comments that ebooks are already accounting for more than 50% of book sales. Further, in another article, there is a rumor that Apple will release a 7 inch iPad later this fall as well as new competition from HP and Samsung.All of this portents a hugh shift in one of the major markets for photography. In one sense, as the these pads with color capabilities will provide a larger market for photographs. Work is underway right now on the development and delivery of college texts to be delivered on an iPad. Yet, the move away from printed material is going to mean that a loss of a major source of image revenue. Interesting, will be the change in the deliver of the standard picture book that sits on the coffee table. How are photographers going to develop their ebook on, lets say Photographers are going to need to be savvy as well as creative in the delivery of their digital images.