Part 1: Why Worry?
"It is also the story of a book… not an Earth book, never published on Earth, and until the terrible catastrophe occurred, never seen or even heard of by any Earthman. Nevertheless a wholly remarkable book."
Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
For almost two-and-a-half thousand years the codex has reigned supreme as the conveyer and repository of human wisdom. But now it is under threat like never before.
In this essay I will argue that it will be largely replaced by the portable, connected, multimedia device formerly known as the telephone – like the one you are holding in your hand – and that, in an age of uncertainty and strife, embracing this change just might be publishing's salvation.