ThereisacertaininevitabilitythatebooksaleshavenowovertakenpaperbacksalesonAmazon’sUSsite.Amazon’s Kindle2issolightandsocheapthatit’seasytoseewhypeoplehaverushedtobuyit.ThoughI’mstillnotkeenonthedesignoftheKindle,itisavastimprovementonitspredecessorandcertainlytolerable.Beyondthedeviceitself,AmazonhasdoneagreatjobofrollingoutKindleapps,ensuringthatpeoplelikeme-whohaveaniPadbutnotaKindlecanstilljoininthefun. Onceyou’reintotheKindleecosystem,Amazonlocksyouintightly-justasAppledoeswithitsiTunes/iPodecosystem.It’ssoeasytobuyfromAmazon’sstoreandthebooksaresocheapthatit’snotworththeeffortofgoingelsewhere. WhileIremainopposedtoAmazon’sDRM(数字版权管理)-indeed,I’mopposedtoDRMonanyebooks-Ihavetoadmit thattheimplementationissosmooththatmostKindleuserswon’tcareatallthattheirebookscan’tbemovedtoother devices. Theebooktrendisnowherenearpeaking.Overthenextfiveyearswecanexpecttoseemoreandmorereadersmoveawayfromprintedbooksandpickupebooksinstead.ButIdon’tthinkthatwillmeanthedeathoftheprintedbook. Therearesomewhopreferprintedbooks.Theylikehavingshelvesfilledwithbooksthey’vereadandbookstheyplanto read;theylikethefeelofthebookintheirhandsandthedifferentweightsandtypefacesandlayoutsofdifferenttitles.Inotherwords,theylikethephysicalformofthebookalmostasmuchasthewordsitcontains. Icansympathizewiththosepeople.AsIwroteearlierthisweek,myidealsituationwouldbeforpublisherstobundle e-bookswithprintedones-inmuchthesamewaythatfilmstudioDVDswithdigitalcopiesoffilms.There’snoreasontothink thatloversofprintedbookswillchangetheirminds.Therewillundoubtedlybefewerofthemastimegoesbybecausemore peoplewillgrowupwithebooksandspendlittletimewithprintedones.However,justastherearepeoplewholovevinyl records(黑胶唱片),eveniftheywerebornwellintotheCDera,therewillstillbeadedicatedminoritywholovephysicalbooks. Sincetherearefewerofthesepeople,thatwillmeanfewerbookshopsandhigherpricesforprintedbooksbutIdon’tthinkthepictureisentirelybleak.Thereisscopeforsmallerprintrunsoflavishlydesignedprintedbooksandbookshopsaimedat booklovers,ratherthantheStiegLarsson-readingmasses.Withmainstreamreadersoutoftheprintedbookmarket, bookloversmightevenfindtheygetabetterexperience. WhatcanbeinferredfromParagraphOne《》()
A.Most people buy Kindle 2 mainly because of its low price. B.The author of the passage is a loyal customer of Apple products. C.Amazon’s Kindle 2 surpassed Kindle 1 in designing. D.The sales of ebook outnumbered those of paperback in the U.S.正确答案C
