Reviews for Paradigms Lost: The Life and Deaths of the Printed Word

"...a valuable documentary record."—Vol. 42, No. 2 (2007), LIBRARIES & THE CULTURAL RECORD

"Sonn is an excellent writer and, judging by the wealth of footnotes and extensive bibliography, a dogged researcher, too."—December 2006, AMERICAN PRINTER

"William Sonn is at his best..."—January 26, 2007, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

"...amazingly detailed....extremely useful as a research tool."—vol. 67, no. 6, NOVEMBER 2006, COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES

"...an energetically written history of print technology that shows how changes in type production have had profound effects on society."—COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARY NEWS

"Must reading for anyone involved in printing, typesetting or graphic design...a fascinating look at the printed word!"—DESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY, & GRAPHICS MONTHLY

"...will please anyone who loves history."—BOOKVIEWS

"...Sonn's telling of the history of print [is]...engaging."—COLOR BUSINESS REPORT

"Colorado-based historian and writer Sonn describes the inventions and forces that shaped information processes in the past, providing a background for what the future may hold. In a conversational yet information-filled narrative he recounts the evolution of the printed word over the past 160,000 years, lightly touching on "primordial scratches" and proceeding to the birth of type (what he describes as "from hand to lever"), the age of type ("from lever to machine"), and the end of type ("from machine to math"), then concluding with "life after type.""—August 2006, REFERENCE & RESEARCH BOOK NEWS