A better pencil : readers, writers, and the digital revolution / Dennis Baron
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
Descript
xviii, 259 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Writing it down -- TeknoFear -- Thoreau's pencil -- National handwriting day -- Writing on clay -- When WordStar was king -- Trusting the text -- Writing on screen -- Everyone's an author -- A space of one's own -- The dark side of the Web -- From pencils to pixels
SUBJECT
Writing -- Materials and instruments -- History
Written communication -- Technological innovations