new historic and artistic works
“The book is an ingenious invention. Compact and portable, it has been the primary means of transmitting and preserving mankindís accumulated knowledge for hundreds of years.Throughout that time, printers and bookbinders have used a wide variety of materials and structures. Some have proven to be remarkably durable; others have been vulnerable to chemical deterioration and mechanical stress.”
AIC
lightning expresso
“We see the Espresso Book Machine as an innovative and exciting way
for publishers to get their books out into the market,î said David Taylor, President of
Lightning Source. ìThere is clearly a place for the
in-store print on demand model in the
emerging landscape of globally distributed print.î
It is remarked that desk-top printers increased, rather than diminished, production of paper in the “paperless office”. The Expresso machine will do the same, sidebar to print, for digital books.
“The EBM marks a new era for publishing and book retailing. It will enable publishers to cut out supply chain costs, match consumer demands and therefore eliminate unwanted returns. The EBM also removes the need for transportation, adding green credentials to the already impressive list of benefits saving on CO2 emissions and the pulping of unwanted books.
Blackwell predicts the EBM will increase shop sales due to being able to provide a far greater variety of books and popular titles to customers. Books neednít be out of stock again and the need to wait for books to arrive from a publisher should be a thing of the past. In addition, the EBM is able to bring rare texts back into production. As a committed supporter of small & independent publishers, the EBM allows Blackwell to provide a distribution channel for smaller publishers and hopes to attract a new audience of eager, budding authors and self publishers keen to see their work in print.”
Notice that there is no reluctance to imagine print as a future delivery format. Regardless of any increase in retail of screen delivered books or Google simulation of books, print format will continue to hover at 98 to 99 percent of all titles delivered.
end of the university
“I continue to believe that young people who have a hands-on understanding of the traditional book crafts, but are also skilled at book making using new digital tools, are a necessary element for keeping the codex book format alive and healthy.” Lance Hidy
When I read the Marc Taylor NYT editorial on the end of graduate education I was struck by the decompression of the concept from an assumed future to a complete disconcertion .sort of like the disappearance of GM. The realign to float departments of Mind, Body, Law, Information, Networks, Language, Space, Time, Media, Money, Life and Water is certainly appealing, especially since book studies subsumes eight of the twelve domains.
Lance Hidy and
Lorcan Demsey also were taken with the editorial which certainly crosses two horizons of expert opinion.
The sudden collapse of the finance sector is probably a blip in contrast to the collapse of other sectors such as education, politics, social norms, ecologic consciousness, tourism, humanist research, on-line shopping and religion.