OT: improvement in paper was Re: The iPad: What is a Gutenberg moment, anyway?

[Amy West]

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>Date:    Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:31:48 -0400
>From:    Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: The iPad: What is a Gutenberg moment, anyway?
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>A big technological change that hasn't been addressed yet is the
>improvement in paper, from rag to wood pulp, and the development of
>continuous rolls.
>DanG

Conservators and book workers and book artists will tell you that
going from cotton rag to wood pulp paper was no improvement. But,
yes, the development of rolls of paper is necessary for the roller
(rotary?) press.

---Amy West

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