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The Death of The Death of Death (?)
Every few months, the mainstream tech press pundits recycle one of several "The Death Of...?" articles they keep in the back of the journalistic freezer until one of these articles seems topical enough to re-heat and scoop out onto the page. For example, the recent upswing in the sale of ebook readers prompted yet another round of "The Death of Paper Books?" stories, an annoyingly popular media meme that I remember being slopped to the trolls back in the 1990s. (Hey, tech news hack: ebooks are fun and fine, but as long as there is a single acre of virgin old-growth forest left on the planet, there will be bound paper books. They are a drug, and people are addicted. Get over yourself. If ...

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