Gutenberg's Fingerprint: Paper, Pixels and the Lasting Impression of Books

by Merilyn Simonds

Book Overview

An intimate narrative exploring the past, present, and future of books

Four seismic shifts have rocked human communication: the invention of writing, the alphabet, mechanical type and the printing press, and digitization. Poised over this fourth transition, e-reader in one hand, perfect-bound book in the other, Merilyn Simonds -- author, literary maven, and early adopter -- asks herself: what is lost and what is gained as paper turns...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770413529
• ISBN13: 9781770413528
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"