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Print Is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age

by Jeff Gomez

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For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, paper shortages, radio, TV, computer games, and fluctuating literacy rates, the bound stack of printed paper has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way to communicate ideas. Now, for the first time since the Middle Ages, all that is about to change.

Newspapers are struggling for readers and relevance; downloadable music has consigned the album to the format scrap heap, and the digital revolution is now about to leave books on the high shelf of history. In Print Is Dead, Gomez explains how authors, producers, distributors, and readers must not only acknowledge these changes, but drive digital book creation, standards, storage, and delivery as the first truly transformational thing to happen in the world of words since the printing press.

Synopsis:

The digital revolution continues and not even the printed word is safe

Product Details

ISBN:
9780230527164
Subtitle:
Books in Our Digital Age
Author:
Gomez, Jeff
Publisher:
MacMillan
Subject:
Computers & Technology
Subject:
Publishing
Subject:
Electronic publishing
Subject:
Book industries and trade
Subject:
Electronic books
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Publication Date:
November 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
221
Dimensions:
8.06x5.46x.92 in. .81 lbs.

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