Print Is Dead: Books in our Digital Age

Print Is Dead: Books in our Digital Age

by JeffGomez (Author)

Synopsis

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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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Publisher: Macmillan Science
Published: 05 Nov 2007

ISBN 10: 0230527167
ISBN 13: 9780230527164

Media Reviews
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 digital world created by the Internet...He's done a good job. Print is Dead is a succinct and useful field guide to digital media. - Anthony Cheetham, Literary Review
Author Bio
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 Farrar, Straus& Giroux, St. Martin's Press, Henry Holt, Picador, Tor and a number of other leading book and magazine brands. Jeff has been involved in electronic books and the world of digital reading since the industry's beginning in 1999, and he has also been a featured speaker and panelist at publishing industry events throughout North America. You can visit his blog at www.printisdeadblog.com.