I have friends that work at music stores I asked them & they say they have been told CD's will be around for the forseable future but maybe not produced in huge numbers. They say that they expect that apart from highly promoted items or new releases they will be gradually moving towards just a single copy in store.
One of them said that they are already looking at new store layouts in preparation for installation of terminals where you can plug your mp3 device & purchase/download directly to capture the market that does not have internet connection. For me the most interesting tip was to watch out for Blu-Ray audio discs to start feeding in alongside CD's they would open up a whole new ball game in terms of audio quality & content.
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