Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-229) and index.

Introduction : The late age of print : Bottom lines ; Edges ; Sites E-books and the digital future : A book by any other name ; shelf life ; Book sneaks ; Disappearing digits ; A different story to tell The big-box bookstore blues : Chain reactions? ; Thoroughly modern bookselling ; Things to do with big-box bookstores ; History's fold Bringing bookland online : "The tragedy of the book industry" ; Encoding/decoding: sort of ; A political economy of commodity codes ; The remarkable unremarkable Literature as life on Oprah's book club : O® ; "No dictionary required" ; "It's more about life" ; A million little corrections ; An intractable alchemy Harry Potter and the culture of the copy : Securing Harry Potter ; Pirating Potter ; He-who-must-be-named Conclusion : From consumerism to control : On the verge ; From heyday to history and beyond

Introduction : The late age of print : Bottom lines ; Edges ; SitesE-- books and the digital future : A book by any other name ; shelf life ; Book sneaks ; Disappearing digits ; A different story to tellThe big-- box bookstore blues : Chain reactions? ; Thoroughly modern bookselling ; Things to do with big-- box bookstores ; History's foldBringing bookland online : "The tragedy of the book industry" ; Encoding/decoding: sort of ; A political economy of commodity codes ; The remarkable unremarkableLiterature as life on Oprah's book club : O® ; "No dictionary required" ; "It's more about life" ; A million little corrections ; An intractable alchemyHarry Potter and the culture of the copy : Securing Harry Potter ; Pirating Potter ; He-- who-- must-- be-- namedConclusion : From consumerism to control : On the verge ; From heyday to history and beyond