http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1930-2000Apr23.html The End By Linton Weeks Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 24, 2000; Page C01 First of three articles THE FUTURE OF READING, writing, storytelling, the words we use and the very way we think just might be a crotchety old guy in a raggedy wool suit named Harvey Ross. On this foggy gray day in Austin, Ross, 78, is unveiling his latest invention, the BookBuilder--a nine-foot-long, lights-and-gears-and-conveyors machine that looks mighty like the contraption that launched Frankenstein's monster. To anyone who reads, Ross's apparatus is remarkable not only because it promises to print, bind, trim and deliver just about any book you want from any era in any language in five minutes. More important, it is at ground zero of the most earth-shaking, tradition-breaking revolution in publishing in more than 500 years, a techtonic shift in the way books are made, bought, sold and ultimately, perhaps, rendered obsolete.. <snip> . . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent via the Book People mailing list. Posting address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin. & unsubscribe address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charter: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/bplist/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
