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The Case for Books
Robert Darnton
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Description for The Case for Books
Paperback. Digitisation makes the physical properties of books disposable; e-book readers and mobile phones render them portable and accessible almost everywhere. The author is a unique authority, whose work on this subject has helped invent the discipline of the "History of the Book". This title assembles the writings he has done on this subject. Num Pages: 256 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
The era of the printed book is at a crossroad. E-readers are flooding the market, books are available to read on cell phones, and companies such as Google, Amazon, and Apple are competing to command near monopolistic positions as sellers and dispensers of digital information. Already, more books have been scanned and digitized than were housed in the great library in Alexandria. Is the printed book resilient enough to survive the digital revolution, or will it become obsolete? In this lasting collection of essays, Robert Darnton,an intellectual pioneer in the field of this history of the book,lends unique authority to ... Read more
The era of the printed book is at a crossroad. E-readers are flooding the market, books are available to read on cell phones, and companies such as Google, Amazon, and Apple are competing to command near monopolistic positions as sellers and dispensers of digital information. Already, more books have been scanned and digitized than were housed in the great library in Alexandria. Is the printed book resilient enough to survive the digital revolution, or will it become obsolete? In this lasting collection of essays, Robert Darnton,an intellectual pioneer in the field of this history of the book,lends unique authority to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781586489021
SKU
V9781586489021
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99-15
About Robert Darnton
A former professor of European history at Princeton University, Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and director of the Harvard University Library. The founder of the Guttenberg-e program, he is the author of many books. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Reviews for The Case for Books
Chronicle of Higher Education, August 29, 2010 "A useful text with which to muse on this subject is Robert Darnton's The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future (PublicAffairs, 2009). In it, the onetime newspaper reporter, distinguished scholar of the Enlightenment and the history of the book, and director of Harvard's libraries, swings between explanations and concerns about Google Book ... Read more