Turn the page
This help desk episode has been very “viral”: it reminds me of a good article on the future of the book, “The Book is Dead, Long live the Book“, from Priscilla Murphy. People have predicted the demise of the book for a very long time. In 1894, one writer predicted that the phonograph and the kinetograph would rapidly substitute paper-based text with audio. Murphy explores and questions three themes, rivalry between media, that they are competing for limited public attention, so every dollar spent on new media = a dollar Read More …