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Posting Date: October 29, 2002

Analysis: The Future of the Book (upi.com) -- "Printed books in the 17th and 18th centuries were derided by their contemporaries as inferior to their laboriously hand-made antecedents and to the incunabula. These complaints are reminiscent of current criticisms of the new media (Internet, e-books): shoddy workmanship, shabby appearance, and rampant piracy." (Mac comments: Back to the age of the pamphleteers ? )

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See Also : Pamphleteers and Web Sites (bricklin.com)
One other feature of 18th C. pamphleteering deserves mention, one that may have a lot of relevance in other countries today where the Web is used for purposes of political insurrection. That is, the pamphlet was preferred by the rebels because it did not provide any target for retaliation by the crown. It was a guerilla form of publishing in which an individual or small revolutionary group could make a point, then disappear.

Posted by: Mac on October 29, 2002 02:41 AM

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