The Future of the Book

The Future of the Book is one from globalpolitician.com. They ask have the innovations of the last five years transformed the concept of “book” irreversibly? Ebooks, POD, the internet, piracy, and self publishing are all chaning things.
The more it changes, the more it stays the same. If the history of the book teaches us anything it is that there are no limits to the ingenuity with which publishers, authors, and booksellers, re-invent old practices. Technological and marketing innovations are invariably perceived as threats – only to be upheld later as articles of faith. Publishing faces the same issues and challenges it faced five hundred years ago and responds to them in much the same way.

July 11, 2005 by Uncategorized 0

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