TY - BOOK ID - 81143893 TI - Book wars : the digital revolution in publishing PY - 2021 SN - 1509546782 9781509546787 9781509546794 PB - Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, DB - UniCat KW - Publishers and publishing KW - Electronic publishing. KW - Technological innovations. KW - 655.41:681.3 KW - 655.41:681.3 Electronic publishing KW - Electronic publishing KW - Technological innovations KW - Graphics industry KW - Édition électronique. KW - electronic publishing. KW - Publishers and publishing - Technological innovations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:81143893 AB - This book tells the story of the turbulent decades when the book publishing industry collided with the great technological revolution of our time. From the surge of ebooks to the self-publishing explosion and the growing popularity of audiobooks, Book Wars provides a comprehensive and fine-grained account of technological disruption in one of our most important and successful creative industries. Like other sectors, publishing has been thrown into disarray by the digital revolution. The foundation on which this industry had been based for 500 years - the packaging and sale of words and images in the form of printed books - was called into question by a technological revolution that enabled symbolic content to be stored, manipulated and transmitted quickly and cheaply. Publishers and retailers found themselves facing a proliferation of new players who were offering new products and services and challenging some of their most deeply held principles and beliefs. The old industry was suddenly thrust into the limelight as bitter conflicts erupted between publishers and new entrants, including powerful new tech giants who saw the world in very different ways ER -