Photo: The printed word, from Gutenberg's Bible to the Kindle. (CBS/AP)From CBS News:
As Sales of Physical Books Decline, Digital Books Are Expected to Soon Be a Billion-Dollar Business.
When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the mid-1400s, he built a system - moveable type that worked, and worked very well (with incremental advances) for more than 500 years.
The system STILL works. But in this new decade, the book business is undergoing its biggest change since, well, forever.
When asked about the status of books as we enter 2010, literary agent and former publishing house CEO Larry Kirshbaum says, "We are at the crossroads in terms of this new technology."
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