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1.9.04

No More Books?

Here is a fascinating piece by the head of the Harvard University Press on the future of books and publishing. He sees a time, as Marshall McLuhan predicted, when books would no longer be "necessary". This is a thoughtful and somewhat scary piece for a bibliophile like myself. The Village Voice: Features: The Essay: Bonfire of the Humanities by Lindsay Waters

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