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title: The Future of the Book
date: "2003-01-01T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 982
description: I discovered this Xerox PARC paper on the future of books while reading The Social Life of Information. It offers a thoughtful look at how digital media and traditional print coexist and influence our information habits.
keywords: [xerox parc, the social life of information, digital media, publishing, john seely brown, paul duguid]
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[The Future of the Book](http://www2.parc.com/ops/members/brown/papers/mm.html) from Xerox PARC is an interesting paper I picked up from [The Social Life of Information](http://www.slofi.com/Chapters/toc.htm) by Brown and Duguid.