?The Business Of Literature Is Blowing Shit Up?

If you love books--heck, if you even like 'em--run, don't walk, and read this magnificent, magisterial essay by Richard Nash on their past, present and future. It's long. Don't be frightened. But even if the Internet has shredded your attention span, at least scroll down to its epic final paragraph. Go on. I'll wait. It's been a rotten decade for book publishers, newspapers, and anyone else clinging to that 15th century technology called the printing press. Marc Andreessen has advised the mighty New York Times to "burn the boats" and shut down their presses. His partner Ben Horowitz claimed last year that "babies born today will probably never read anything in print."

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