DATE: 5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 4, 2008.

EVENT: Steven Levy, senior news editor at Newsweek and author of the biweekly column, The Technologist, and Paul Courant, dean of the University of Michigan Library and former U-M Provost, will take part in a free public conversation about the future of the book. The conversation will be held in the Gallery of U-M’s Hatcher Library.

An acclaimed and versatile technology writer, Levy has written six books, including “The Perfect Thing,” about Apple’s iPod and “Hackers.” He was the guest editor of “The Best of Technology Writing 2007,” published by digitalculturebooks, a joint imprint of the University of Michigan Library and U-M Press. His recent Newsweek cover story, “Books Aren’t Dead,” sparked a national controversy about how new digital reading devices will change our experience of the written word.

“The Best of Technology Writing 2007” will be available for sale at the presentation and Levy will be available to sign them.

PLACE: The Gallery is in room 100 on the first floor of the Hatcher Library, through the Diag entrance, on U-M’s Central Campus.

SPONSOR: University Library.

WEB LINKS: “The Best of Technology Writing” is available for free online at http://www.digitalculture.org/ and for sale from booksellers.

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