A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

…xerography is the antithesis of letters and typography. It deals with the page and the book as a single gestalt. With xerography the reader can become once more like the ancient scribe, both author and publisher of anything that intrests him. Xerography ends the central position of the publisher and ends the role of the author as one seeking a vehicle of self-expression, and is about to become a corporate probe of society.
“The Crack in the Rear-View Mirror” (1966), p 32
Year: 1966
Chapter: Xerography
Compiled by William Kuhns
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