Macworld, the death of print, and the digital revolution — gigaom.com

From 1995 to 2005 I worked in the Prudential Center at Boston’s Back Bay. In the complex was a large Barnes and Noble, and I became a frequent customer of that store. Almost daily, I’d go down to see if the new magazines came out or what books were released that week. I liked to read on my long train ride home, so I bought a ton of print materials each month. That continued after I left the company. Only this time, I bought my magazines at South Station instead. There was even a bookstore there so I could get my new releases.

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