| The Book Is Dead (Long Live the Book) Contributor(s): Young, Sherman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0868408042 ISBN-13: 9780868408040 Publisher: University of New South Wales Press OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2008 Annotation: Sherman Young, passionate book lover and avid consumer and producer of digital technology, is on a mission to make book culture matter in the twenty-first century. His bold and exciting book will inspire readers, nonreaders, and publishers to put books center-stage again, even if they're not books as we know them now. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian |
| Dewey: 070.5 |
| Series: New South Books |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.75" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sometime in the late twentieth century the book died. Sherman Young, passionate book lover and a consumer and producer of digital technology, is on a mission to make book culture matter again. Shirking nostalgia and without apology, The Book is Dead (Long Live the Book) investigates the economics and technological demands of publishing, making a case for books and reading all the while. His bold and exciting book will inspire readers, non-readers and publishers to put books center again, even if they're not books as we now know them. |