Both have lots of company. Statistics show that e-book sales grew 43% last year, but that's a slowdown compared with the triple-digit increases in recent years. E-books remain the fastest-growing part of the book market but account for only about 20% of all sales, reported by publishers.

Miscioscio and Meier are at opposite ends of a book business in transition. Even though e-book sales have grown more than 4,000% since 2008, it's unlikely that physical books will disappear the way records did in the music industry.

21. Miscioscio will ______ when a book is not available digitally.

A. give up reading such kind of books              B. switch to the book of lower price

C. buy the book on paper              D. take an e-reader onto the loungers              

22. According to Meier, her “preference” refers to ______.

A. paper book    B. part of joy                  C. a random page             D. an e-book