It’s news to just about no one at all that digital publishing has taken a heavy toll on many aspects of traditional publishing, but here’s one we hadn’t thought of before. The Economist looks at what may be a death knell for the ISBN:
Look inside any book published since 1970 and you will find a number. But perhaps not for much longer. The International Standard Book Number (ISBN), invented in
Showing posts with label death of the book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death of the book. Show all posts
Who Needs Novels?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Posted by Unknown at 1:35 AM
Though he says it really well and has a dead cool name, it’s difficult for me to swallow very much author and essayist Garth Risk Hallberg posits in a recent New York Times piece. This is especially true after doing some thinking about all that was said and implied in a piece January ran last week on how reading impacts our neural pathways. From Risk Hallberg’s piece, “Why Write Novels at All?”
When Books Turn Into Pumpkins
Sunday, October 16, 2011 Posted by Unknown at 2:01 PM
The last couple of years, it seems like everyone keeps talking about the death of the book. What no one warned us about, though: how a book might turn into a pumpkin.Seriously, though: there’s a part of me that is appalled at this desecration. And another part can’t help but admire the innovation.Long story short, someone else might want to use this information to turn some of their unwanted
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