Will Books Disappear?

Norman Mailer, in a final interview with Terry Gross, speculated that one day, books will become obsolete. The Kindle and other portable devices, along with companies like Google, are converting the world of paper to a world of pixels. Books, and information, are being pixelated. Are books going away? Are publishers bound to suffer the same fate as record companies? Anyone can publish their book online. Or plagiarize one. It could be as simple as copying and pasting.

When digital information is all we have, what happens to copyright restrictions? Are we entering the Wild West of publishing? Who will police the onslaught of new traffic over the internet?