Nobody Cracks Open a Programming Book Anymore
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Programming book sales are quietly collapsing — down nearly 17% in 2023 — while overall book sales remain healthy. AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot have absorbed the demand that technical books once served. The deeper loss isn't the format itself, but the slow, disciplined act of typing through examples that made knowledge stick.
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