[LM_NET] END OF GUTENBERG ERA BIBLIOGRAPHY

[Bob Hicks <bob.hicks@USD470.COM>]

CHANGE
Too many people make the mistake of assuming "change" is automatically  
or guaranteed  good or positive.  Consequently, they are blindly in  
favor of any or all change.  Change is just change.  There is a 50/50  
or equal chance it is good or bad or positive or negative.  History is  
replete with change for the worse.  It is merely faith over fact to  
believe that the age of the book and the "brick and mortar" library  
will go on forever or infinity.  Why would books and libraries be  
somehow uniquely exempt or immune from the negative consequences of  
technology?  It is hubris and wishful thinking to believe that printed  
books and libraries are irreplaceable or immortal.

Here are some articles about the end of libraries and and the book era

FUTURE OF BOOKS/LIBRARIES...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/04/future.library.technology/

http://opls.blogspot.com/2006/09/microsoft-opens-school-without-library.html

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/04/a_library_without_the_books/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/books/16libr.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/0717/p09s01-coop.html

http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/01/18/death-of-the-library-and-rise-of-the-kindle/

http://schoolof.info/infomancy/?p=259

http://findingschools.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/end-of-libraries/

http://annoyedlibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/08/on-purpose-of-public-libraries.html


EBOOK MARKET
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/report_ereader_and_ebook_market_ready_for_growth.php

http://www.digitaltrends.com/talk-backs/the-future-of-ebooks-flexible-screens-and-beyond/

END OF BOOKSTORES
http://www.fonerbooks.com/booksale.htm

BOOK BUYERS
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/393983-New_Report_Examines_Book_Market_Buyers.php

PUBLISHING TRENDS
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/dec/15/stephen-covey-amazon-ebook-deal

http://www.bowker.com/index.php/press-releases/563-bowker-reports-us-book-production-declines-3-in-2008-but-qon-demandq-publishing-more-than-doubles

EBOOK SALES UP/YA SALES DOWN
http://www.publishers.org/main/PressCenter/Archicves/2010_February/SalesUp4.1in2009Release.htm

Bob Hicks
Arkansas City High School Library
Arkansas City, KS 67005
bob.hicks@usd470.com

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