What Footnote?

Maria Chiang bio ↓ · October 11th, 2011 · filed under Other

“The e-book hasn’t killed the book; instead, it’s killing the ‘page.’ Today’s e-readers scroll text continuously, eliminating the single preformed page, along with any text defined by being on its bottom.”

In this New York Times essay, Alexandra Horowitz discusses the footnote, speculating on its place in the future.

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