British Library puts numbers on the switch to digital publishing of research findings, projecting that "by the year 2020, 40% of UK research monographs will be available in electronic format only, while a further 50% will be produced in both print and digital. A mere 10% of new titles will be available in print alone by 2020."

The report calls this a "seismic shift", although it feels more like day-to-day reality for publishers like us in the middle of the transition.