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Author Simonds, Merilyn, 1949- author.

Title Gutenberg's fingerprint : paper, pixels and the lasting impression of books / Merilyn Simonds
Published Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations
Contents Hugh, me, and the book -- Paper -- Type -- Ink -- Press -- Book -- Lasting impressions
Summary "Four seismic shifts have rocked human communication: the invention of writing, the alphabet, mechanical type and the printing press, and digitization. Poised over this fourth transition, e-reader in one hand, perfect-bound book in the other, Merilyn Simonds --author, literary maven, and early adopter --asks herself: what is lost and what is gained as paper turns to pixel? Gutenberg's Fingerprint trolls the past, present, and evolving future of the book in search of an answer. Part memoir and part philosophical and historical exploration, the book finds its muse in Hugh Barclay, who produces gorgeous books on a hand-operated antique letterpress. As Simonds works alongside this born-again Gutenberg, and with her son to develop a digital edition of the same book, her assumptions about reading, writing, the nature of creativity, and the value of imperfection are toppled. Gutenberg's Fingerprint is a timely and fascinating book that explores the myths, inventions, and consequences of the digital shift and how we read today."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-377)
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Subject Barclay, Hugh
Simonds, Merilyn, 1949-
Barclay, Hugh
Simonds, Merilyn, 1949-
Books and reading.
Hand-printed books.
Printing.
Communication and technology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
Books and reading
Communication and technology
Hand-printed books
Printing
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781770413528
1770413529
9781773050034
1773050036
9781773050027
1773050028