Comments on: Required reading on the history and future of the book?

By: John Miedema

John Miedema — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:54:48 +0000

“The Myth of the Paperless Office” by Sellen and Harper.

“Scrolling Forward” by David Levy.

Best wishes with the course.

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:48:39 +0000

Thanks, all. I have heard of all of those books, but haven’t read any of them, so I’ll be looking into those. I welcome more suggestions.

By: Kevin Cherry

Kevin Cherry — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:26:12 +0000

Petrovski’s _Book on the Book Shelf_ and Alberto Manguel’s _A History of Reading_ are both good reads and individual chapters in both can stand alone.

By: Joe Kraus

Joe Kraus — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:22:32 +0000

This book — Print is dead : books in our digital age by Jeff Gomez is interesting and a quick read. http://prospector.coalliance.org/search~S0?/i0230527167

By: laura

laura — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:09:15 +0000

No major readings to offer, just a quotation:

Since men learned print, no night is wholly black.

–Christopher Morely