Official statistics: are digital releases more user-friendly than print?

No, they're just cheaper to the publisher over time once the DRM framework is implemented, and creates repurchase opportunities down the road when you decide to shutdown this year's DRM scheme.

I'm sure publishers would love to move off of print and sell it as a consumer benefitting move. Doesn't change the fact that they just want to do it so that they can vlose the analog hole/work around right of First Sale.