My seven-year-old is a voracious reader. Long gone are the days when I had to read something to him or hope that he missed the inappropriate language spray-painted on a street sign. Now I'm in the process of teaching him that not everything he reads is true or completely accurate. And the same can be said about much of what is written on the future of publishing.
Everything being said about the state of publishing is (relatively) true-but not everything that is true is being said, as there are data points and trends being left out of the broad discussion. I'd agree that ebook growth has slowed down for many of the major houses, and that it now accounts for 20-25 percent of their revenues. I'd also agree that the future of publishing is a world in which both print and digital live together, benefitting from each another and helping to drive overall sales.