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. ..enjoy this intelligent, proactive book for yourself. -Springer Publishing Res. Quarterly . ..this book is well worth reading and forms a valuable counterweight to much of the rapid tepid, conformist LIS literature. -Library Review Summarises effectively the intellectual development made possible by printing, and, in a useful comparison, shows how digital technology is causing a similar contemporary rupture both to the established printing industry, and to the world at large. -The Electronic Library I have rarely seen a work that weaves together history and modernity into such a coherent fabric, seamlessly moving through times and changing phenomena, finding historical parallels where one would not suspect them. ...I intend to recommend reading this book not only to all who are participating in the world of books... but also to the general public, especially book lovers and activists. -Information Research

...enjoy this intelligent, proactive book for yourself., Springer Publishing Res. Quarterly .this book is well worth reading and forms a valuable counterweight to much of the rapid tepid, conformist LIS literature., Library Review Summarises effectively the intellectual development made possible by printing, and, in a useful comparison, shows how digital technology is causing a similar contemporary rupture both to the established printing industry, and to the world at large., The Electronic Library

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Before joining academia, Dr Miha Kovac was editorial director of Mladinska knjiga, the biggest publishing house in South-East Europe. Dr Kovac lectures at the Department for Library and Information Science and Book Studies, School of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He has been a visiting scholar at Oxford Brookes Centre for Publishing Studies and the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the Soros Foundation in various East-European countries. In 2005, he also became editor in chief of the Slovene edition of National Geographic Magazine.

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