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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:22:44 GMT
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 06:50:15 GMT, Mr L F Braun
<braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
> Just an aside: The computer "revolution" and the much-touted paperless office
> in fact led to the paper consumption of the US *quadrupling* between 1984 and
> 1994. Nah, paper will always be with us, as will books--these are just new
> options. There's also just a certain feel and heft to a book that your computer
> can't replicate (yet).
However, the machines that can print and bind a one-off book from
typeset files and do it quickly are getting there.
In a few decades at most, physical distribution of books will be gone,
except fro the mass-market things. Those can probably always be
printed cheaper in bulk and shipped.
Jasper
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