tablets will cut print, paper usage up to 21% by 2015

A new survey from RISI, a trade organization representing the forest products industry, predicts that total demand for paper for magazines and newspapers will drop 12-21% by 2015, because of the rise of tablet-style computers and e-readers, and 40%-50% by 2030.  While this is obviously bad news for print advertising, it also contains a ray of hope for publishers who have moved swiftly over the last couple years to get digital versions of their products on to tablets.
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