What's all this talk about the demise of books? E-book sales are growing at a much faster rate than print sales, but print sales aren't declining. They are increasing.
2010 saw a 5% increase in print book sales from the year before. And the year before saw a 4% increase.
The number of titles available has grown dramatically over the last decade as barriers to publishing are lower.
There is tons of information out there on the statistics of book sales, but a decent summary of recent years is at
this book tracking site.