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For almost 600 years, the printed book has provided humankind with education, entertainment, information, and occasionally guiltier pleasures. The supreme achievements of culture, as well as society's day-to-day needs, have depended on print on paper as their essential medium. Today, however, the supremacy of Gutenberg's technology seems under threat from a range of electronic devices and alternative media. The lecture looks at whether books can survive or whether they have reached the end of their shelf life.

Contact

Dan Martin
+44 (0)20 7679 7675 | dan.martin@ucl.ac.uk

Speaker information

Professor Iain Stevenson , UCL Centre for Publishing