Monte
Bute, Associate Professor, Sociology, Metropolitan State University
Sunday, December 6, 2009
"Was
McLuhan Right? Gutenberg's Galaxy and the Future of the
Book"
How do new technologies, like
Kindle and e-Books, change the experience and culture of reading? Will
the physical book become obsolete? What ramifications will this have for
the publishing industry, libraries, bookstores and authors?
Featured Speakers:
Monte Bute, Associate Professor, Sociology, Metropolitan State University
Don Lepper, founder of Book Mobile and Stanton Publication
Services
Eric Lorberer, Editor, Rain Taxi
David Noble, Emeritus Professor, American Studies, University of Minnesota