Sentences with phrase «death of the book»

With apologies to Mark Twain, reports of the death of books, traditional publishing and reading have been greatly exaggerated.

Are we guilty of proclaiming that Amazon is the death of books and bookstores, even while secretly hiding under the covers with our laptops and ordering low cost books and household items with free shipping?

As much as ebooks were touted to be the «death of the book» that has definitely not occurred.

In a fairly bold statement about what digital publishing brings to books, Shavani essentially agrees that technology is not the death of books, as some early critics of e-reading and the broader instant access to self - publishing through ebooks have claimed.

Rather than fearing the «death of books» as many in the publishing industry have predicted for mainstream fiction with the advent of e-readers, the textbook giants seem to be as excited about the possibilities as the consumers.

I was struck by the plethora of books and articles predicting the death of the book.

With so much coverage given in the past two years to the so - called «death of books» due to the on - going digital vs print debate, it's interesting that not many pundits have spoken out about a fact that parents and educators have feared for generations, that books apparently are in competition with all of the electronic devices that young students have access to.

Even back in the «dire predictions» phase of digital publishing when critics argued that ebooks would be the death of book stores, Barnes and Noble showed itself to be ready to embrace the new technology while still maintaining its substantial interests in its physical stores.

They actually think that they can publish a few articles and beat their chests and wail about the death of books and it'll just magically transform everything.

In this issue: Article: The Death of the Book Review?

Amazon, KDP, and self publishing is just as responsible for the death of books as the poorly run, profit driven corporate NY publishers.

Somewhere I have a (mostly) unread copy of the Gutenberg Galaxy — a book about the death of books but as many Twains might say rumours of the that have been exaggerated.

Many librarians knew that the proclamations of the death of the book were premature.