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The future of the book
At the closing address of the recent Sydney Writers’ Festival, James Gleick explains why the printed book is here to stay.
The digitisation of books and the digitisation of writing has produced a lot of anxiety among readers, writers and publishers.
So everyone wants to know what’s going to happen, how are writers going to make a living in the future and is it the end of the book?
James Gleick, who’s considered one of the world’s best science writers, says the future of the book is certain.