Amazon.com sent out word today that the sale of electronic books (books in digital form that can be read on devices like the Kindle or iPad) have outsold hardcover books for the past three months. Presumably softcover books are still holding onto their “most purchased” title, but it may only be a matter of time before they as well fall to the digitized onslaught. This is a sad day for Luddites everywhere. And a happy one for folks who hate paper cuts.

CNN founder Ted Turner has plenty of problems with the way cable news is trending, but he just does not understand the fascination with these laborious, wasteful newspapers, according to his appearance on Bloomberg TV as reported by the Hollywood Reporter.

All the talk about the Apple tablet — comes from two places: tech nerds, who are thrilled at the possibility, and the print industry, who are chewing their nails in terrifying anticipation. Many in the industry are worried that an Apple reader will do to books and magazines what the iPod did to music: force the product to be sold for far less than it is worth, according to a new article in Ad Age