&gt; The same can’t be said of the e-book, which is seeing a decline in popularity. A Pew Research Center study in October found that fewer Americans are buying and using e-reading devices like Kindles and Nooks than they did in past years.<p>Fewer sales of specialized e-book readers can simply mean that more people use tablets and phones to read e-books.<p>Anyway, I&#x27;m glad printed books are most likely here to stay. For studying and reference, a physical book is still much better than their digital counterpart - which instead I prefer for novels.