The State and Fate of Publishing
November 11-12, 1994
The State and Fate of Publishing, 1995 (Full Text) (PDF)
pp. 1-10 (PDF)
Title pages and Contents
Introduction, Thomas F. Staley
Welcome Address, Robert Berdahl
pp. 11-23 (PDF)
The State and Fate of Publishing: A Flair Symposium
Opening Remarks, Fleur Cowles
The Future of Culture: A Keynote Address, Simon Jenkins
pp. 24-47 (PDF)
Magazines, Journalism, and the Future
The Age of the Editor, Virginia Postrel
Magazines and Audiences, Robert Wallace
Countering Paranoia, Lawrence Wright
pp. 48-73 (PDF)
Scholarly Communication at the End of the Century
The Library of America, Cheryl Hurley
Disintermediation in the Digital Age, M. Stuart Lynn
News in the Future, Jerome S. Rubin
pp. 74-95 (PDF)
From Author to Audience: Publishing Past , Present, and Future
Cherish the Wealth… Beware the Censors, David Bartlett
The Ghost of Publishing Future, Joseph J. Esposito
Two Decades of Publishing: The 1920s and 1980s, Donald Lamm
pp. 96-111 (PDF)
Writers' Roundtable: A Discussion on Publishing
Publishers, Agents, and Agendas, Anita Desai
Fiction and the Sense of Order, Shelby Hearon
Change and Improvement in Publishing, Bruce Hunter
pp. 112-125 (PDF)
Summary Address, Carlos Fuentes
pp. 126-131 (PDF)
Notes on Contributors
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