publishing – Jonathan Frei https://jonathanfrei.com Based on a true story Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:33:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://i0.wp.com/jonathanfrei.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/favicon-160x1601.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 publishing – Jonathan Frei https://jonathanfrei.com 32 32 76405128 A short history of the death of culture https://jonathanfrei.com/2013/01/a-short-history-of-the-death-of-culture https://jonathanfrei.com/2013/01/a-short-history-of-the-death-of-culture#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:33:00 +0000 http://104.131.64.180/?p=368 A short history of the death of culture

Culture is always dying, always being reborn new and better/worse/different.

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Jane Friedman:

Despite the burgeoning expansion of ebooks, however — and their emblematic status as the icon of the digital revolution — [Hough] McGuire points out that ebooks are a lot more similar to web sites than they are to traditional books.

E-books might just be the bridge to an open web future. Publishers are trying hard to hold on to relevance for one more technological generation. What will they do when e-books lose their appeal?

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Jane Friedman:

Despite the burgeoning expansion of ebooks, however — and their emblematic status as the icon of the digital revolution — [Hough] McGuire points out that ebooks are a lot more similar to web sites than they are to traditional books.

E-books might just be the bridge to an open web future. Publishers are trying hard to hold on to relevance for one more technological generation. What will they do when e-books lose their appeal?

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