With contributions from some of the world's leading authorities, this publication considers the future of the book in the digital age. As more books are published than ever before, this timely publication addresses a range of critically important themes relating to the book - including the present and future for publishing, libraries, literacy and learning in the information society. In the early 1990s the printed word appeared to be facing a terminal crisis, threatened from all sides by new media and other forms of entertainment. Subsequently the book has proved to be resilient in the face...
With contributions from some of the world's leading authorities, this publication considers the future of the book in the digital age. As more books a...
Book publishing has entered a period of considerable turbulence. There is considerable uncertainty about the future and what it holds. Physical bookstores are in trouble and the digital world favours the larger players such as Amazon, Apple and Google.
In this book, Angus Phillips examine the themes that are shaping the future of the publishing industry and how we consume content. Overall themes include:
the convergence of different media
the expectations of consumers that content should be free
the increasing dominance of digital formats
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Book publishing has entered a period of considerable turbulence. There is considerable uncertainty about the future and what it holds. Physical boo...
This is an exciting period for the book, a time of innovation, experimentation, and change. It is also a time of considerable fear within the book industry as it adjusts to changes in how books are created and consumed. The movement to digital has been taking place for some time, but with consumer books experiencing the transition, the effects of digitization can be clearly seen to everybody.
In Turning the Page Angus Phillips analyses the fundamental drivers of the book publishing industry - authorship, readership, and copyright - and examines the effects of digital...
This is an exciting period for the book, a time of innovation, experimentation, and change. It is also a time of considerable fear within the book ...
