As the age of the physical book retreats, the cult of the physical book will advance. E books are much like canned food in the 1950s, new, convenient – and excitingly so. But as with food, taste and desire changes. There will be a point when how literature is produced and distributed and consumed becomes much more important to a great many people than simple convenience.

-Trevor Butterworth, writing in Forbes about Shakespeare & Company and the rise of the “cult of the physical book”. A welcome glimpse at the long perspective of book reading.

(Source: forbes.com)