Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

The Future of Publishing and Technology: Read All About It!


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The Buzz 1: In 1440 – 600 years after The Diamond Sutra, the world’s oldest printed book – Gutenberg invented the wooden mass-printing press. In 1845 Richard Hoe invented the rotary press and first paperback. In 1993, Peter James published the thriller Host on 2 floppy disks – the first electronic novel – and BiblioBooks launched a website to sell eBooks. Along came the 2gb Kindle, able to hold 1,100 books. Today, print books still make up 65+% of sales in the $113Bn annual book market. To be competitive, some print books have covers with gold gilded edges, metal and transparent overlays, and some eBooks let you choose adventure story lines and have animated and interactive covers. [adazing.com] The Buzz 2: “When people ask me about the future of publishing, my answer always starts with: There’s no such thing as a single future of publishing … traditional publishers release fewer nonfiction books…total number of nonfiction books is going way up because more Authors are self-publishing.” [scribemedia.com Tucker Max is co-founder of Scribe] We’ll ask publisher/writer Patricia Wooster, novelists Matt Cost and BJ Magnani, and publisher Eddie Vincent for their take on The Future of Publishing and Technology: Read All About It!
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