Reference: Zhang, Y. and Kudva, S.

(2014) E-books versus print books:

Readers choices and preferences across contexts, Journal of the
Association for Information Science and Technology, 65(8), pp. 1695
1706. doi: 10.1002/asi.23076.

Topic/Field: INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Summary:
The choice of printed books or E-books change depend on people
The authors mentioned that the share of e-books is increasing, but the
position of printed books is not replaced yet.
Both of E-books and printed books work individually in different
readers needs, and it can be said that both of them work
supplemental each other.
The authors predict that e-books and printed books will exist together,
and the authors predication might be supported by the results of
research.

Opinion:
I agree with the possibility that e-books and printed books could take a
role of supplementing each other, and the results of the study will be
useful to research about the change of publishers in the online publishing
market. In addition, publishers have to find own space in the online book
market for survive. Meanwhile, it is too early to conclude the question
that e-books will take the place of books at the moment because the
movement of the spread of e-books is still in progress. In addition, it
could be said that functions of printed books and E-books is quite
different, therefore, E-books could not work like printed books.

Vocabulary:
Displacement : The action of moving something from its place or
position.
Interpersonal communication
Print books has revealed a paucity of research directly pertaining to
reader preferences and factors contributing to the choices.
The null hypothesis
Income was the second strongest predictor