Comments on: The future of book design

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Fri, 22 May 2009 18:33:07 +0000

[...] to the extreme cheapness of the e-text. Jeff Barry at theÂ SoroDesignÂ blog recently wrote a forecast of the diverging paths of book design that doubles as a sensible forecast of the future of books [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:22:58 +0000

Hi Shana, thanks for the offer. I’ll be in touch with you.

By: Shana

Shana — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:39:16 +0000

If you’re interested in working out these ideas in an article, I’d be very interested in publishing it in the journal I help to manage, the Journal of Electronic Publishing. These issues you’re raising here are near & dear to us at JEP. E-mail me if you’re interested!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:33:03 +0000

Hi Austin – That’s a great post you wrote there on your blog. Thanks for the mention and letting us know about the relevant post on your site. Anyone reading this post should certainly hop over to read Austin’s in-depth examination of the life of publishing.

By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:59:43 +0000

Hi Jeff – Brief as it is, I think this article is more sensible and accurate about the future of the book than most of the long ‘death of publishing’ spiels currently being written for major publications. I discussed it in a post today on the Abbeville Press blog:

http://abbeville.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/the-life-of-publishing/

Hope you enjoy!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:26:22 +0000

Hi Mike, thanks for the link. I think their service (which looks excellent, BTW) falls more closely under #2 & even #4 in my list as the page designs behind the material is still print-based.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:45:39 +0000

>>>Some material traditionally only published in book format will shift to Web delivery

You might want to see: http://exacteditions.blogspot.com/