Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post that predicts e-books will be obsolete by 2017 (2 years to go!) and outlining a few reasons why. TL;DR: Crippled by territor

Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post that predicts e-books will be obsolete by 2017 (2 years to go!) and outlining a few reasons why. TL;DR: Crippled by territorial license restrictions, digital rights management, and single-purpose devices and file formats that are simultaneously immature and already obsolescent, they are at a hopeless competitive disadvantage compared to full-fledged websites and even the humble PDF. ... But once publishers start breaking ranks (as they are already doing) and major authors start to self-publish (as they are already doing), the illusion of e-books being a necessary simulacrum of printed books will start to dissipate. http://gyrovague.com/2012/04/30/why-e-books-will-soon-be-obsolete-and-no-its-not-just-because-of-drm/ http://gyrovague.com/2012/04/30/why-e-books-will-soon-be-obs...