It doesn't really matter when physical media is no longer required or desired. Books, DVDs. CDs and such like are going the way of LP records - quaint, for gift

It doesn't really matter when physical media is no longer required or desired. Books, DVDs. CDs and such like are going the way of LP records - quaint, for gifts and decorative purposes. In this brave new world it is how good the gift-item looks on the covfefe table that matters. Even then the book will be migrated out to storage and the charity shop in due course as nobody has space for clutter these days. What I am disappointed with is how we used to have mostly Penguin Books and their imprints, all with uniform and good looking spines. A wall full of Penguin Books looked awesome. But then we moved to this 'pile em high' retail model where the designers took over the cover designs to jazz them up and make them the bestsellers we know today.