Since Gutenberg's time every aspect of print has gradually changed. But the advent of
computational media has exponentially increased the pace transforming how books are composed
designed edited typeset distributed sold and read. N. Katherine Hayles traces the
emergence of what she identifies as the postprint condition exploring how the interweaving of
print and digital technologies has changed not only books but also language authorship and
what it means to be human. Hayles details the consequences for humanities publications through
interviews with scholars and university press professionals and considers the cultural
implications in readings of two novels The Silent History and The Word Exchange that explore
the postprint condition. Spanning fields including book studies cultural theory and media
archeology Postprint is a strikingly original consideration of the role of computational media
in the ongoing evolution of humanity.
