Books Are Dead, Long Live Books!

During the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, consumer electronics surpassed books as Amazon's largest sales category. The milestone, set at a time when its book business also posted record sales, is an important indication that Amazon can diversify beyond media products.

All I have to say about that is: blet. Yes, its fancy gadgets, digi-cams, cheap telly's and mp3 players time to shine. Fear not, they'll be back for books when they can't figure out how to run their shiney futuristic object du jour's. [via: bookslut]