The Academic Book of the Future 978-1-349-88797-2, 978-1-137-59577-5

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Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: The Academic Book of the Future....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 10-10
The Academic Book as Socially-Embedded Media Artefact....Pages 11-17
Wearable Books....Pages 18-23
The Impossible Constellation: Practice as Research as a Viable Alternative....Pages 24-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
The Academic Book of the Future and the Need to Break Boundaries....Pages 32-38
The Academic ‘Book’ of the Future and Its Function....Pages 39-45
The University Press and the Academic Book of the Future....Pages 46-55
Front Matter....Pages 56-56
National Libraries and Academic Books of the Future....Pages 57-65
Strategic Engagement and Librarians....Pages 66-73
Academic Libraries and Academic Books: Vessels of Cultural Continuity, Agents of Cultural Change....Pages 74-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Selling Words: An Economic History of Bookselling....Pages 84-91
The Future of the Academic Book: The Role of Booksellers....Pages 92-97
Back to the Future: The Role of the Campus Bookshop....Pages 98-103
Back Matter....Pages 104-120

The Academic Book of the Future
978-1-349-88797-2, 978-1-137-59577-5

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