The Revenge of Analog
The Revenge of Analog
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Summary
One of Michiko Kakutani's top ten books of 2016, The Revenge of Analog is the story of the improbable comeback of vinyl records, paper notebooks, retail, and other analog businesses - even as Silicon Valley dominates the headlines -and what it says about us.
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The Revenge of Analog by David Sax
A funny thing happened on the way to the digital utopia. We've begun to fall back in love with the very analog goods and ideas the tech gurus insisted that we no longer needed. Businesses that once looked outdated, from film photography to brick-and-mortar retail, are now springing with new life. Notebooks, records, and stationery have become cool again. Behold the Revenge of Analog. David Sax has uncovered story after story of entrepreneurs, small business owners, and even big corporations who've found a market selling not apps or virtual solutions but real, tangible things. As e-books are supposedly remaking reading, independent bookstores have sprouted up across the country. As music allegedly migrates to the cloud, vinyl record sales have grown more than ten times over the past decade. Even the offices of tech giants like Google and Facebook increasingly rely on pen and paper to drive their brightest ideas. Sax's work reveals a deep truth about how humans shop, interact, and even think. Blending psychology and observant wit with first-rate reportage, Sax shows the limited appeal of the purely digital life - and the robust future of the real world outside it.
David Sax is a writer and reporter who specializes in business and culture. His work appears regularly in Bloomberg Businessweek, the New Yorker's Currency blog, and other publications. He is the author of Save the Deli, which won a James Beard Award for Writing and Literature, and The Tastemakers. He lives in Toronto.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781610398213 |
| ISBN 10 | 1610398211 |
| Title | The Revenge of Analog |
| Author | David Sax |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Year published | 2017-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |