Books themselves, however, likely w

Books themselves, however, likely won’t disappear entirely, at least not anytime soon. Like woodblock printing and hand-processed film, printed pages may assume an aesthetic value. Books meant not to be read but to be looked at – art catalogues or coffee table collections – will likely remain in print form for longer as well. “Print will exist, but it will be in a different realm and will appeal to a very limited audience, like poetry does today,” Stein says. “However, the locus（某事发生的确切地点） of intellectual discourse is going to move away from print.”