The late age of print : everyday book culture from consumerism to control / Ted Striphas

Author:: Striphas, Theodore G.
Additional Titles:: Book culture from consumerism to control
Published:: New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
Copyright Date:: ©2009
Physical Description:: xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Introduction : The late age of print : Bottom lines ; Edges ; Sites -- E-books and the digital future : A book by any other name ; shelf life ; Book sneaks ; Disappearing digits ; A different story to tell -- The big-box bookstore blues : Chain reactions? ; Thoroughly modern bookselling ; Things to do with big-box bookstores ; History's fold -- Bringing bookland online : "The tragedy of the book industry" ; Encoding/decoding: sort of ; A political economy of commodity codes ; The remarkable unremarkable -- Literature as life on Oprah's book club : O® ; "No dictionary required" ; "It's more about life" ; A million little corrections ; An intractable alchemy -- Harry Potter and the culture of the copy : Securing Harry Potter ; Pirating Potter ; He-who-must-be-named -- Conclusion : From consumerism to control : On the verge ; From heyday to history and beyond.

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ISBN:

9780231148146 (alk. paper)
0231148143 (alk. paper)
9780231519649 (ebook)
0231519648 (ebook)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-229) and index.

Source of Acquisition:

York copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20089.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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