The Future of Books is the Device You Have With You – Which Might Not be Your Phone – The Digital Reader

The Future of Books is the Device You Have With You – Which Might Not be Your Phone

The Verge posted an interview yesterday of Oyster founder Willem Van Lancker. He makes some bold claims about the future of books, including that the phone is the future of ebooks: Where … Continue reading The Future of Books is the Device You Have With You – Which Might Not be Your Phone

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