The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future
Robert Darnton
ISBN 10: 158648902X ISBN 13: 9781586489021
Published by PublicAffairs, 2010
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The era of the printed book is at a crossroad. E-readers are flooding the market, books are available to read on cell phones, and companies such as Google, Amazon, and Apple are competing to command near monopolistic positions as sellers and dispensers of digital information. Already, more books have been scanned and digitized than were housed in the great library in Alexandria. Is the printed book resilient enough to survive the digital revolution, or will it become obsolete? In this lasting collection of essays, Robert Darnton,an intellectual pioneer in the field of this history of the book,lends unique authority to the life, role, and legacy of the book in society.
About the Author: A former professor of European history at Princeton University, Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and director of the Harvard University Library. The founder of the Guttenberg-e program, he is the author of many books. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Title: The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New