Informationen zum Autor Ted Striphas is assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Culture and adjunct professor of American Studies and Cultural Studies at Indiana University. He is the coeditor of the book Communication as . . . : Perspectives on Theory and a special issue on intellectual property published by the journal Cultural Studies. To learn more! visit his Web site at www.thelateageofprint.org. Klappentext Ted Striphas tracks the methods through which the book industry has adapted (or has failed to adapt) to rapid changes in twentieth-century print culture. With examples from trade journals! news media! films! advertisements! and other commercial and scholarly materials! Striphas tells a story of modern publishing that proves! even in a rapidly digitizing world! books are anything but dead. With wit and brilliant insight! he isolates the invisible processes through which books have come to mediate our social interactions and influence our habits of consumption. This edition features a new preface in which Striphas considers the stakes of abandoning printed books in favor of digital readers. Zusammenfassung Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press! 2009. With new preface. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Late Age of Print1. E-books and the Digital Future2. The Big-Box Bookstore Blues3. Bringing Bookland Online4. Literature as Life on Oprah's Book Club5. Harry Potter and the Culture of the CopyConclusion: From Consumerism to ControlNotesIndex

Klappentext

Ted Striphas tracks the methods through which the book industry has adapted (or has failed to adapt) to rapid changes in twentieth-century print culture. With examples from trade journals, news media, films, advertisements, and other commercial and scholarly materials, Striphas tells a story of modern publishing that proves, even in a rapidly digitizing world, books are anything but dead. With wit and brilliant insight, he isolates the invisible processes through which books have come to mediate our social interactions and influence our habits of consumption. This edition features a new preface in which Striphas considers the stakes of abandoning printed books in favor of digital readers.

Zusammenfassung
Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. With new preface.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Late Age of Print 1. E-books and the Digital Future 2. The Big-Box Bookstore Blues 3. Bringing Bookland Online 4. Literature as Life on Oprah's Book Club 5. Harry Potter and the Culture of the Copy Conclusion: From Consumerism to Control Notes Index