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The author offers a synthetic survey from the early 1970s to the 2000s of how the internet and digital technologies have transformed production, distribution and reception of books. It traces the rise of online bookstores, electronic texts, digital publishers, hypermedia and reading devices, changes in library practices and large-scale digitization of cultural heritage, and examines multilingual information flows and technological and economic challenges. Based on about a hundred interviews, a detailed annotated chronology and numerous web references, the work maps evolving roles of authors, editors, libraries and readers while weighing persistent value of the printed book alongside emergent digital formats.
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