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Link Publishing: The Revolutionary Future
Though Gutenberg's invention made possible our modern world with all its wonders and woes, no one, much less Gutenberg himself, could have foreseen that his press would have this effect.…

February 24 2010, 10:51am | Comments
Link When the Meganovel Shrank
It seems significant, somehow, that Infinite Jest—the big buzzy signature meganovel of the nineties—was set at the end of the aughts. Most of the book’s action appears to take place…

January 8 2010, 6:21am | Comments
Link The Future of Reading
The future of reading is very much in doubt. In this century, reading could soar to new heights or crash and burn. Some educators and librarians fear that sustained reading…

November 3 2009, 10:30am | Comments
Link The Library in the New Age
Information is exploding so furiously around us and information technology is changing at such bewildering speed that we face a fundamental problem: How to orient ourselves in the new landscape?…

October 31 2009, 5:19am | Comments
Link Kindle and the future of reading, Nicholson Baker
I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I…

July 27 2009, 5:43pm | Comments
Blog Post Beyond the Topology of the Book

May 27 2009, 9:01am | Comments
Link The disembodied book
In the shadows of the global financial crisis of the early 21st century, another revolution is gathering pace, whose repercussions reach far beyond the current correctable economic buckling. It impact…

May 17 2009, 3:24am | Comments

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