The iPad goes on sale in Australia tomorrow. Jock Given reads two books about books and wonders what to do with the rest. Reviews the books 'Print is dead: books in our digital age', by Jeff Gomez, published by Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2008, and 'The late age of print: everyday book culture from consumerism to control', by Ted Striphas, published by Columbia University Press, New York, 2009.