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Though e-books are rising in popularity, print remains the foundation of Americans' reading habits. Most people who read e-books also read print books, and just 4% of readers are "e-book only." Audiobook listeners have the most diverse reading habits overall, while fewer print readers consume books in other formats.

What does happen to advertising revenue when a newspaper stops printing and goes online? With strong presences already online, how can the newspapers compete in an online world?

Excellent read from  book designer "I want to look at where printed books stand in respect to digital publishing, why we historically haven't read long-form text on screens and how the iPad is wedging itself in the middle of everything. In doing so I think we can find the line in the sand to define when content should be printed or digitized. This is a conversation for books-makers, web-heads, content-creators, authors and designers. For people who love beautifully made things. And for the storytellers who are willing to take risks and want to consider the most appropriate shape and media for their yarns."

Some thoughts on how print will have to evolve in the near future and target a new wave of decision makers. I think that's us.

'Out of Print' Doc Examines The End of Print Books and What It Portends People have used books as a reliable tool to transmit and preserve information, ideas, and stories for hundreds of years. E-books have enjoyed wide use for only about six years - counting from when Amazon introduced its Kindle in 2007.

I'm surprised to read that the Magazine Innovation Center's major goal is to "amplify the future and power of print." Isn't it more realistic to focus on the print AND electronic future of magazines?

Some stats on the state of print.

How the economics of print production will drive the demise of print from the R&D labs of the NY Times.

Ever wish you could print out your RSS feeds and read them like a newspaper? FeedJournal is a new service that lets you convert RSS feeds into printable PDF files.

A new analysis for the effectiveness of print advertising, based on previous performance metrics instead of potential views. Looks like publications could be getting less in revenue.

Google is planning to become the worlds largest bookstore with a print-on-demand agreement to give access to two million out-of-print books.

Kevin Kelly produces a print version of his free on-line "Cool Tools" website. "Paper is really unnecessary for a lot of things, but very good at certain things. And this turned out to be one of them."

Perhaps soon audio books and e-books will be combined, and parents will no longer have to read to their children! Interesting that their is a publisher out there adding/expanding print.

Offset printing vs Print on Demand - Visual chart comparisons

Publishers need to recognize that readers are shifting to ereading, and for this group if it's not in e-book format it doesn't exist.

Message to publishers - get over print products and embrace ebooks. Some suggestions for publishers on making the transition.

Amazon UK is launching a print on demand program (or "programme" as they say), bringing out-of-print and backlist titles back into the market.

It actually costs the NY Times less to buy everyone a Kindle than to print the paper.

Last year, magazine executives spent much of their time detailing how they planned to take their brands digital. Now,five major magazines are teaming up on a multimillion-dollar campaign touting the 'power of print.' " />

It is becoming increasingly difficult for even seasoned professionals to segue from print to digital.