2. The Evolution of the Book
A 500 Year Old ‘Technology’ is Mutating & Adapting
Bennet Cerf,
Monks Gutenberg founder of Random House Steve Jobs
400 AD 1450 1927 2009
3. Social Media has transformed the way
ideas and information spread.
4. A book is a container for ideas.
How will social transform the book?
5. Social reading is already happening.
How will it evolve?
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6. Publishing is changing more
than it has since Gutenberg
printed his Bible more than
500 years ago
7. “Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away.
Because the word “publishing” means a cadre of
professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty
and complexity and expense of making something public.
That’s not a job anymore. That’s a button.”
-- Clay Shirky
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Hundreds of thousands are published each year.
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Hundreds of thousands are published each year.
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20. Otis Chandler
Founder & CEO
Goodreads
Tim Sanders
Co-Founder & CEO
Netminds
Chris Brogan
President, Human Business Works
Bestselling author of Trust Agents