The best part of an obituary like this is the low hanging fruit of killer quotes that, it appears, a great many publishing experts are willing to give. We are gathered, once again, around the grave of The Book As We Know It. Let’s see whose shovel can hold the most compost. A “reading expert” at Tufts, Maryanne Wolf, goes first. “Can you any longer read Henry James or George Eliot? Do you have the patience?” Thwump! Dust to dust.