基本信息·出版社：Palgrave Macmillan ·页码：300 页 ·出版日期：2007年11月 ·ISBN：0230527167 ·条形码：9780230527164 ·装帧：精装 ·正文语种： ...
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基本信息·出版社：Palgrave Macmillan
·页码：300 页
·出版日期：2007年11月
·ISBN：0230527167
·条形码：9780230527164
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：纸质书终结: 数字时代的书
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For over 1500 years, books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, shortages, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the bound stack of printed paper 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. Just as always-on communication has seen newspapers struggling for readers and relevance, and downloadable music has consigned the album to the format scrapheap, the digital revolution is now about to leave books on the high shelf of history - that is, if publishers don't wake up and log on now, says internet publishing guru, Jeff Gomez. Book writers, producers, distributors and readers must not only acknowledge these changes, but drive digital book creation, standards, storage and delivery as the first truly transformational thing to happen in the world of words since the printing press. Gomez explains how [in dead tree format and flexible, searchable eco-friendly ebook].
作者简介 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.
编辑推荐 Review "'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"
--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Review "Makes a telling argument that there is a generation coming through that has less patience with books… Interesting for the questions it raises.” -- Brian Clegg,
Popular Science “A great and relevant new book. Jeff Gomez has a unique perspective… He does a good job of reviewing the brief history of the first ebook revolution. Makes a great case.”--Books 24 x 7.com
“Gomez has produced a text in which readers can ponder the losses to literacy in the wireless age.” -- Tara Brabazon, Times Higher Education
--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Product Description For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, paper shortages, radio, TV, computer games, and fluctuating literacy rates, the bound stack of printed paper 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.
Newspapers are struggling for readers and relevance; downloadable music has consigned the album to the format scrap heap, and the digital revolution is now about to leave books on the high shelf of history. In
Print Is Dead, Gomez explains how authors, producers, distributors, and readers must not only acknowledge these changes, but drive digital book creation, standards, storage, and delivery as the first truly transformational thing to happen in the world of words since the printing press.
