Video Presentation: "E-Book Wars: Ten Years Later"
Coalition for Networked Information President Clifford Lynch delivered “E-Book Wars: Ten Years Later” during a breakout session at the CNI Spring Meeting in April.
Dr. Lynch Writes:
In 2001 I wrote an essay titled “The Battle to Define the Future of the Book in the Digital World” (First Monday 6:6). It’s taken much longer than I would have thought, but developments in the e-book world seem to be reaching critical points in several areas. In this session, I’ll look back at what I got right and what I got wrong ten years ago, and, more importantly, unexpected developments and the current state of play in both scholarly and mass-market publishing.
Full Text: “The Battle to Define the Future of the Book in the Digital World”
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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