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Gutenberg's Fingerprint (Paper, Pixels and the Lasting Impression of Books)

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Merilyn Simonds
    Format:
    Hardcover
    Pages:
    392
    Publisher:
    ECW Press (April 11, 2017)
    Language:
    English
    Audience:
    General/trade
    ISBN-13:
    9781770413528
    ISBN-10:
    1770413529
    Weight:
    20.8oz
    Dimensions:
    5.25" x 8.25" x 1.3"
    File:
    Eloquence-SimonSchuster_07042026_P10292974_onix30_Complete-20260704.xml
    Folder:
    Eloquence
    List Price:
    $24.95
    Pub Discount:
    65
    Case Pack:
    24
    As low as:
    $19.21
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-SS
    Discount Code:
    A
    Imprint:
    ECW Press
  • Overview

    An intimate narrative exploring the past, present, and future of books

    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?

    Gutenberg’s Fingerprint 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.