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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Simonds, Merilyn, 1949-     Subjects     Barclay, Hugh.     Simonds, Merilyn, 1949-     Hand-printed books.     Letterpress printing.     Type and type-founding -- History.     Electronic books.     Books -- History.     Printing -- History.     Books and reading -- History.     Communication and technology.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Simonds, Merilyn, 1949-       by title:      Gutenberg's fingerpr...       by call number:      302.232 S597g     Search the Web     Simonds, Merilyn, 1949-     Barclay, Hugh.     Simonds, Merilyn, 1949-     Hand-printed books.     Letterpress printing.     Type and type-founding -- History.     Electronic books.     Books -- History.     Printing -- History.     Books and reading -- History.     Communication and technology.       MARC Display

Gutenberg's fingerprint : paper, pixels and the lasting impression of books / Merilyn Simonds. by Simonds, Merilyn, 1949- ECW Press, 2017. Call #: 302.232 S597g Subjects Barclay, Hugh.   Simonds, Merilyn, 1949-   Hand-printed books.   Letterpress printing.   Type and type-founding -- History.   Electronic books.   Books -- History.   Printing -- History.   Books and reading -- History.   Communication and technology. ISBN:  9781770413528 (hc.) Description:  380 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. 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? She 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. Merilyn Simonds is the author of The Holding, The Convict Lover and The Paradise Project. She lives in Kingston, Ontario."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 302.232 S597g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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