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Print Is Dead: Books in our Digital Age
Jeff Gomez
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Description for Print Is Dead: Books in our Digital Age
Hardcover. For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book 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. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTP; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 205 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book 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.
For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book 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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Macmillan Science
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230527164
SKU
V9780230527164
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Ref
99-15
About Jeff Gomez
Originally from Southern California, Jeff Gomez lived in Manhattan for over a decade and recently moved to Hoboken, New Jersey. He is the author of four novels, including the cult favorite Our Noise, which was published by Scribner Paperback fiction in America and Penguin in the UK. He is currently the Director of Internet Marketing for Holtzbrinck Publishers, owners of ... Read more
Reviews for Print Is Dead: Books in our Digital Age
"A must-read for people who care about reading." - Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do?"I'd say the smart money is on Gomez being right that an ebook revolution is just around the corner." - The Independent"This book is a wake-up call for anyone in the print media who has not yet grasped or embraced the realities of the ... Read more