I remember coming across the original article being referred to in this article on Booktopia (incidentally the bookseller of choice for me when it comes to printed books in Australia), and the usual disdain it provoked. The link below is to an article that comments on the ebooks are dead report that emanated from Booktopia in Australia.

For more visit:
https://the-digital-reader.com/2019/03/25/the-ebooks-are-dead-nonsense-has-spread-to-australia/