“The Publishing Ecosystem in the Digital Era: On John B. Thompson’s ‘BOOK WARS'”

“One big question animates Thompson’s investigation: ‘So what happens when the oldest of our media industries collides with the great technological revolution of our time?” That sounds like hyperbole — book publishing hasn’t exactly stood still since Gutenberg. A lot happens in 500 years, even without computers. But for an industry built on the time-tested format of print books, the internet understandably looked and felt like an existential threat as well as an opportunity.”