Editor's Note: What’s in a Format Anyway?

Aside from it hitting me, once again, how unbelievably important publishing books is to this world, it occurred to me that I didn't ask her in which format she chose to read those books. It would be a ridiculous question. The fact is, it doesn't matter.

A quote from Cengage Learning's Ron Mobed from the cover story (page 16) really struck a chord with me: "[Print] may not be as large as it's been in the past; it may be more print-on-demand. … It doesn't really matter to us. We're perfectly capable of delivering millions of print books every year; we're perfectly capable of servicing millions of online users every year. And we'll make that adjustment depending on how quickly things change in the marketplace."