"This book presents the next evolutionary step of multimedia where interactivity meets targeted creativity and experimentation and provides the basic framework for experimental multimedia through case studies that allow the reader to appreciate the design of multimedia systems"--

Re-Inventing the Book: Challenges from the Past for the Publishing Industry chronicles the significant changes that have taken place in the publishing industry in the past few decades and how they have altered the publishing value chain and the structure of the industry itself.

The book examines and discusses how most publishing values, aims, and strategies have been common since the Renaissance. It aims to provide a methodological framework, not only for the understanding, explanation, and interpretation of the current situation, but also for the development of new...