Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-229) and index.
Contents
Introduction : The late age of print : Bottom lines ; Edges ; Sites -- E-books and the digital future : A book by any other name ; shelf life ; Book sneaks ; Disappearing digits ; A different story to tell -- The big-box bookstore blues : Chain reactions? ; Thoroughly modern bookselling ; Things to do with big-box bookstores ; History's fold -- Bringing bookland online : "The tragedy of the book industry" ; Encoding/decoding: sort of ; A political economy of commodity codes ; The remarkable unremarkable -- Literature as life on Oprah's book club : O(R) ; "No dictionary required" ; "It's more about life" ; A million little corrections ; An intractable alchemy -- Harry Potter and the culture of the copy : Securing Harry Potter ; Pirating Potter ; He-who-must-be-named -- Conclusion : From consumerism to control : On the verge ; From heyday to history and beyond.
