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"Goodbye Gutenberg is the first artifact in a design writing Renaissance that will influence mainstream readers to demand more interesting-looking pages... Maybe it takes the voice of one innercity school teacher to spark a Renaissance."
Converge Magazine, Winter 2007
Goodbye Gutenberg takes you on a remarkable journey into the future of art, writing, and book publishing. It was named one of the ten most outstanding books of 2004 in the Independent Publishers Book Awards and also won the "Best in Graphic Design and Publishing" from Design, Type & Graphics Magazine.
The award committee writes, "This is probably one of the most stunningly visual books we've seen in the Design Bookshelf in some years. There's really nothing to compare. We would call it a visual masterpiece."
Goodbye Gutenberg is distributed to bookstores nationwide by Independent Publishers Group (IPG). It has received rave reviews from prestigious mainstream publications such as Utne, School Library Journal, Choice, The Midwest Book Review, Foreword, Converge Magazine, and Artvoice, as well as online venues such as bookideas.com, authorsden.com, and amazon.com. "This book will unquestionably prove to be the inauguration of future debates pertaining to "designer writing" and the next era of the publication of fiction and non-fiction works of literature," writes Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures, which made it a December "Book of the Month" selection.
Goodbye Gutenberg has 860 gorgeous, full color images from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Maya, India, China, Japan, Tibet, and medieval Europe, many never seen by an American audience. Here you can journey into the future of writing. Or see how the ancient Buddhists worshipped their beautifully decorated books. Or discover what the latest neuroscience is telling us about color, reading and the brain. Or check out the first font designed by a female writer in 500 years.
"Spectacular... Kirschenbaum dares Americans to read and dream by demonstrating the importance of colorful words in the literal sense... Highly recommended."
Choice, June 2005
"Goodbye Gutenberg is a visual awakening, as vivid as a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as emotionally satisfying as a guided tour with a Muse through the ages of civilization."
Dr. Colette Mazzucelli,
Author of France and Germany at Maastricht
" I was so blown away, I bought 24 copies and gave them away to my best friends. This is not a good book -- this is a GREAT book!"
Jeffrey Gitomer, syndicated columnist and best-selling author of The Sales Bible and The Little Red Book of Selling
"This book is so enlightening that I bought 8 copies to share with associates and clients."
B. Victor Williams, Vice President,
Leslie Digital Imaging / The ColorTool Box
"This book is brilliant, beautiful and revolutionary. I liked it so much I bought 11 copies for friends and colleagues so they could appreciate it with me!"
Martha Barletta,
CEO of Trendsights and author of Marketing to Women
"Bursting with information and ideas!"
Milton Glaser
Best-selling author of Art is Work and Milton Glaser Graphic Design; creator of the I Love NY logo
"Goodbye Gutenberg, Welcome Valerie Kirschenbaum... It is crazy. I love it."
Karl Gerstner, founder of GGK, an internationally acclaimed design firm in Switzerland
"A true feast for the eyes."
Christopher Nelson, President, St. John's College
"Goodbye Gutenberg is the ultimate showcase of what is now possible with new technologies."
Dan Poynter, publishing expert and author/publisher of more than 76 books
"This is a groundbreaking book; I think in 15 years, we'll look back on it as a major contributor to a literary revolution which has been way too long in coming."
Cynthia Rucker
Goodbye Gutenberg is a top pick from The Mac Pro Network, The Design Bookshelf, and Wisconsin Bookwatch. This limited first edition is selling rapidly — learn how to get your copy here.
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