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BL
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1014484
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b768854
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| Main Entry
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Gomez, Jeff,1970-
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| Title & Author
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Print is dead : : books in our digital age /\ Jeff Gomez.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Macmillan,, 2008.
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| Page. NO
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vi, 221 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0230527167
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: 0230614469
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: 9780230527164
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: 9780230614468
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-213) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- PART I: STOP THE PRESSES -- Byte Flight -- Us and Them -- Newspapers Are No Longer News -- PART II: THE DIGITAL TIPPING POINT -- Generation Download -- Generation Upload -- On Demand Everything -- eBooks and the Revolution that Didn't Happen -- PART III: SAYING GOODBYE TO THE BOOK -- Writers in a Digital Future -- Readers in a Digital Future -- Will Books Disappear? -- Afterword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes.
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| Abstract
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Contends that printed books will be replaced by digital books and that book distributors and readers should actively support the transformation by encouraging digital book creation and the standards required for storage and delivery.
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Book industries and trade.
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Book industries and trade.
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Book industries and trade.
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Book industry.
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Books and reading.
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Buchdruck
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Electronic books.
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Elektronisches Buch
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Publishers and publishing.
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Boeken.
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Elektronisch publiceren.
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Toekomst.
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| Dewey Classification
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028/.9
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070.5
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| LC Classification
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Z116.A2G66 2008
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06.23bcl
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24,1ssgn
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AN 46700rvk
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