Perhaps this is addressed further in the November issue of Q&Q with the Kindle/Sony close-up, but how does using or not using e-books and readers reflect on readiness for a digital challenge?

This doesn’t seem like a valid comparison.

I am sure tired of outsiders popping up and dissing the book industry for
not abandoning the status quo and jumping ont the internet with all four feet.
On the one hand they are invariably unaware of the degree to which book publishers
have already adapted and on the other hand they have no appreciation for the need
publishers have to keep their industry satisfying the multi-billion dollar market that
continues to exist for the kind of services they have tradionally produced. Most
publisahers I know are watching the scene very carefully and making all the adaptations
that their customers want them to make. Whichis not nearly as much as the
visionaries would like, but visionaries are notoriously bad at running successful businesses.