DEATH OF PRINT? Pubblico Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 5, Number 2, January 13, 2002, Article 11
DEATH OF PRINT?
George Kolbe writes: "Yet another interesting and informative
"E". Regarding "The Death of Print?" I must say that I have
never seen a period when printed numismatic books have
flourished more than at the present time. Spink in London -
along with whole raft of academic and institutional publishers
in Europe and Asia - and here in the U. S, . a wide range of
numismatic specialists (either through their respective clubs
or on their own), along with the ubiquitous Q. David Bowers,
have made the last decade surely the most prolific ever for
important published numismatic research. Even your humble
writer realized a few days ago that he had published no less
than three books in the past year: "Illustrium Imagines" (though
dated 2000 did not come out until 2001) + Adams 1 reprint
+ Bassoli translation). This, after deciding several years ago,
not to publish anything further.Truth be told, I too believe that printed books will eventually
fade into obscurity. But, for now, it seems to me that the
numismatic publishing community is on steroids! We are
blessed."- 2002-01-13
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