TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to encourage caution when considering plans to migrate from physical materials to e‐materials.Design/methodology/approach– The author's argument to encourage caution when considering plans to migrate from physical materials to e‐materials is based on published statistics and personal observation.Findings– When considering current usage of e‐books in comparison to physical materials, the usage of e‐books is statistically insignificant.Originality/value– Offers statistical evidence that e‐books will not supplant, now or in the foreseen future, the demand for physical materials. VL - 24 IS - 2 SN - 0888-045X DO - 10.1108/08880451111169179 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/08880451111169179 AU - Lund James R. PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/01/01 TI - E‐books: little use so far T2 - The Bottom Line PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 122 EP - 124 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -