Print Is Dead: Books in our Digital Age

Author:   J. Gomez
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780230527164


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   05 November 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Print Is Dead: Books in our Digital Age


Overview

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.

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Author:   J. Gomez
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780230527164


ISBN 10:   0230527167
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   05 November 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: STOP THE PRESSES Byte Flight Us and Them Newspapers Are No Longer News PART II: THE DIGITAL TIPPING POINT Generation Download Generation Upload On Demand Everything eBooks and the Revolution that Didn't Happen PART III: SAYING GOODBYE TO THE BOOK Writers in a Digital Future Readers in a Digital Future Will Books Disappear? Afterword Acknowledgements Notes

Reviews

'This book is a wake-up call for anyone in the print media who has not yet grasped or embraced the realities of the digital world created by the Internet...He's [Gomez] done a good job. Print is Dead is a succinct and useful field guide to digial media.' - Anthony Cheetham, Literary Review


Author Information

JEFF GOMEZ is Director of Internet Marketing for Holtzbrinck Publishers, owners of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, St Martins Press, Holt, Tor, Scientific American and other leading book and magazine brands. He lectures on digital information trends at publishing industry events throughout America, and teaches at New York University. Jeff has written four novels, including a90s cult favourite Our Noise (Simon&Schuster/Penguin). Originally from Southern California, Jeff Gomez has lived in New York for the past decade. Visit his website www.dontcallhome.com and blog www.printisdeadblog.com.

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