Are E-Readers 21st-Century Fondue Sets?

Shelf Awareness

Lincoln Gould

"There's a new buoyancy in the market and booksellers are feeling a lot better about prospects for the future.... We joke that people are putting their e-readers on the top shelf along with their fondue sets."

--Booksellers NZ CEO Lincoln Gould, quoted in a Bay of Plenty Times piece headlined "The book strikes back"