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Gutenberg's Fingerprint

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An intimate narrative exploring the past, present, and future of booksFour seismic shifts have rocked human communication: the invention of writing, the alphabet, mechanical type and the printing press, and digitization. Poised over this fourth transition, e-reader in one hand, perfect-bound book in the other, Merilyn Simonds — author, literary maven, and early adopter — asks herself: what is lost and what is gained as paper turns to pixel?Gutenberg's Fingerprint trolls the past, present, and evolving future of the book in search of an answer. Part memoir and part philosophical and historical exploration, the book finds its muse in Hugh Barclay, who produces gorgeous books on a hand-operated antique letterpress. As Simonds works alongside this born-again Gutenberg, and with her son to develop a digital edition of the same book, her assumptions about reading, writing, the nature of creativity, and the value of imperfection are toppled.Gutenberg's Fingerprint is a timely and fascinating book that explores the myths, inventions, and consequences of the digital shift and how we read today.


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Publisher: ECW Press

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  • ISBN: 9781773050027
  • File size: 7357 KB
  • Release date: April 11, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781773050027
  • File size: 7358 KB
  • Release date: April 11, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781773050027
  • File size: 7365 KB
  • Release date: April 11, 2017

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An intimate narrative exploring the past, present, and future of booksFour seismic shifts have rocked human communication: the invention of writing, the alphabet, mechanical type and the printing press, and digitization. Poised over this fourth transition, e-reader in one hand, perfect-bound book in the other, Merilyn Simonds — author, literary maven, and early adopter — asks herself: what is lost and what is gained as paper turns to pixel?Gutenberg's Fingerprint trolls the past, present, and evolving future of the book in search of an answer. Part memoir and part philosophical and historical exploration, the book finds its muse in Hugh Barclay, who produces gorgeous books on a hand-operated antique letterpress. As Simonds works alongside this born-again Gutenberg, and with her son to develop a digital edition of the same book, her assumptions about reading, writing, the nature of creativity, and the value of imperfection are toppled.Gutenberg's Fingerprint is a timely and fascinating book that explores the myths, inventions, and consequences of the digital shift and how we read today.


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    Publisher:
    ECW Press

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781773050027
    File size: 7357 KB
    Release date: April 11, 2017

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781773050027
    File size: 7358 KB
    Release date: April 11, 2017

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781773050027
    File size: 7365 KB
    Release date: April 11, 2017

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