Gutenberg the Geek by Jeff Jarvis
It's hard to not feel that we are passing through a post-Gutenberg (post-Gutenbergian?) phase. Hasn't the e-book, the Kindle and the Nook, killed its paper cousin? Surprisingly, the answer is no. In 2010 publishing revenue increased 3.1%, to a healthy $27.9 billion. E-book sales rose almost 40% from the year before, bringing in $1.62 billion in revenue. For now, Gutenberg is safe. But for how long? Will the publishing industry follow the music and news industries into dematerialization? (And will education follow all three?) Or will the story of physical books and digital books be a "both/and" rather than an "either/or" story - with e-book sales complementing and adding to the book publishing take?
