With new technologies
and global networks rapidly transforming publishing models and typographic
practices I do not believe that this means the end of print. A study shows that as more jobs are advertised
online than in print more job seekers prefer online to print. "Clearly,
the structural shift in how people look for work proves that using print media
is a waste."
Yes print publishing
may shrink but the tradition of holding a physical book or paper is something
that people will always cherish and enjoy. In the example above I believe that
in some way print publishing will die because of the effect of the search engine
rather than the requirement to actually read all the possibilities before
finding your answer. However when it comes to reading fiction or browsing pages
of a publication its more than simply reading the words and looking at the
pictures. It about the tactile feel of the book in hands or flipping through the
pages of a magazine, the textures of the paper, the original colours and style,
an experience that is lost with electronic devices.
"Publishing is a flawed business, but
books are not flawed devices. Print publishing will never die because even
today a book is still
a completely functional delivery system for the content it contains." -
Mark Barret
"Many people want
written stories on a page, not on a screen. And I think this will be true for
now, 100 years from now, and probably 1,000 years from now." -Brad R
Torgerson
References:
http://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/print-will-never-die/
http://www.ditchwalk.com/2010/08/23/why-print-publishing-will-never-die/
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