Print is dead?

November 16, 2007 by Lillie 

Joe Wikert, executive publisher at Wiley, recently interviewed Jeff Gomez, author of Print Is Dead: Books in our Digital Age. The book is also available in electronic format from Connect. To get an idea of the content, you can read excerpts - text and audio - online.

As an e-publishing fan and advocate, this interview captured my attention. If you’re interested in the future of publishing, I think you’ll find it interesting.

My favorite answer is this:

… what’s held back eBook adoption isn’t that they’re not enough like regular books, but rather it’s that they’re TOO much like them. We need electronic books to do things that regular books can’t do, and that includes thinks (sic) like search, hyperlinks and multimedia.

I prefer reading electronically, even if what I’m reading is just text. But I think e-books offer many opportunities “to do things that regular books can’t do.”

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Comment by Yvonne Russell
2007-11-19 10:58:13

The quote is quite thought provoking, Lillie. I think there’s a lot of truth to that. We need to offer options, not just substitutes.

I guess there’s an element of that with movies and books… the same message offered in a different format.

 
Comment by Lillie
2007-11-19 14:13:45

Thanks for the comment, Yvonne. Options, not substitutes, is a good way to express what is needed.

 
Comment by Linda
2007-11-21 14:03:29

It is too bad they were not able to keep the $100 per laptop benchmark but i am still they are doing what they are!!

 
Comment by Lillie
2007-11-21 17:19:23

Linda,
Maybe One Laptop Per Child will be able to lower the price after they’ve been in operation for awhile. Electronics usually go down in price after they’re first released.

 

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