For anyone who cares about books on paper, this chart is heartening:
Against all odds, print books are on the rise again in the US https://t.co/7u1mlPILEP pic.twitter.com/HNq6xf87X6
— Ludwig Siegele (@EconoScribe) December 21, 2015
So what happened with print books in 2015? Uh, "the rise of coloring books and books authored by YouTube stars this year seems to have contributed to Americans’ re-investment in physical books." Oh. Also, Harper Lee. The horrible Harper Lee book did really well in print.
So never mind, this news and that graph are totally depressing.