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The Fate Of Books After The Age Of Print

Posted at 8:02AM Friday 05 Mar 2010

Is the printed book on its way to extinction? Will the e-book win the day? Will writers be able to make a living? Will publishers? Will booksellers? Will there be any readers? Is there life after the Age of Print? The new order is fast upon us, the ground shifts beneath our feet, and as the old sage put it, all that is solid melts into air. What will the future bring?

Yes another End of Print story - in Truthdig

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