Tablets and smart phones are for the middle class and up. The lower class and the 3rd world nations can't afford it. It's really just middle class myopia that thinks print will die. However, in America, it's clearly on the decline. This is as much about the megabookstores as it is about tablets and smart phones. The collapse of the megabookstores was inevitable, something that the book industry foresaw on the onset. It's a classic example of the failure of monoculture.

That being said, I'm very excited about our magazine going to tablet via Zinio. I confess, I was skeptical at first, mostly because I don't own an iPad or an Android yet. But it's pretty cool so far. I'm really liking what I see there - it's a very exciting platform.