Print Books vs e Books making the invisible

Print Books vs e. Books making the invisible, visible By Imogen, Niko and Neha

What is being made visible? • creating a visible, summation of the ‘facts’ surrounding the popular narrative that print books are dead and e. Books reign supreme. • using the annual spend on print books and e. Books as a comparative tool we are able to see an accurate representation of how published works are being consumed and via what medium • a popular narrative is being questioned and the answer presented without framing and emotive rhetoric. • buy using clear and concise graphics we are able to depict and transfer knowledge in simple and understandable way.

Why are we doing this and how? • creating visible representations of data sets - based on information created other researchers. • By creating an clear, simple, visual timeline we were able to easily construct comparisons and easily digestible information on the topic

How visible was this relationship before our visualization • Research and statistics are generally scattered on this topic with anecdotal evidence often the prevailing narrative around the ‘state’ of traditional publishing. • Other trends are often interspersed within data such as declining reading rates as whole and the rise of new media as the prevalent form of published material consumed.

References • Waterstone, T 2014, 'Tim Waterstone 'predicts e-book decline', Arts and Entertainment, BBC News, 31 March http: //www. bbc. com/news/entertainment-arts-26816884 • Self, W 2014, 'The novel is dead (this time it's for real)', The Guardian, May 2. http: //www. theguardian. com/books/2014/may/02/will-self-novel-dead-literary-fiction • Richter, F 2013, Statista Statistics Portal 2013, June 6. http: //www. statista. com/statistics/190819/consumer-book-sales-revenue-forecast-forthe-us-market/ Images: • Internet Archive Book Images 2014, Image from page 26 of "Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1915" (1915), Perkins School for the Blind, Creative Commons, flickr. https: //www. flickr. com/photos/126377022@N 07/14778359241/in/photolist-ov. UXkgoeg 5 mw-ow. HGxi-of 11 v 6 -oe. XLNU-oucb 4 N-ow 2 sih-ot. Gha. G-odtx. Dj-ovc. Cd 2 -ov. Cgfvoux. N 4 m-os. GJj 3 -owifdd-osmd. Sh-ou. WJ 1 d-oc. Kdjw-oe. Eekq-otk. QJi-ow. J 5 yc-ov. JG 1 Qodd. J 9 Y-odqf. Pn-othhs 4 -owmn 78 -ocp 4 S 8 -ou. Lihr-ob. VCNA-our. Nv 2 -os. CUHY-oe. VNadouz 6 K 8 -odd. N 86 -ov. Xmz. F-odnnpm-otc 268 -oe. J 8 Kb-or. Tj. Jw-ot. Hb. FU-ot. TJvy-owmh. Amou. Fh. HG-oeuh. Qy-oye 4 Xt-otzxyn-oq. Z 9 of-oej. JQE-ot 9 nv 6 -otg. Fi. J-oeg 3 z. W-ow 8 QSH