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Recently the "media philosophers" Mark Taylor and Esa Saarinen said much the same thing, explaining why their book Imagologies came to market as a print product:

"If an electronic text can be published in printed form, is it really electronic? The alternative would be to give up print and publish an electronic text. But the technology necessary for accessing electronic texts is still rather limited. Furthermore, most of the people we want to reach remain committed to print. There is no sense preaching to the converted. Our dilemma is that we are living at the moment of transition from print to electronic culture. It is too late for printed books and too early for electronic texts. Along this boundary we must write our work." (Imagologies, "Telewriting," p. 5)

Maybe so; and maybe not.

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