The prediction, in brief:

While I can’t shed any new light on the debate over how fast the Internet is growing, I can safely tell you that the number of books about the Internet is doubling every month. Perhaps this excess of landfill is the book industry’s way of thumbing its nose at pundits who predicted the Internet would kill print media. But who could have predicted people would buy books that are out of date by the time they are printed?

Predictor: Steinberg, Steve G.

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article listing tech items and issues that are currently being hyped, Steve Steinberg of Wired magazine writes:”While I can’t shed any new light on the debate over how fast the Internet is growing, I can safely tell you that the number of books about the Internet is doubling every month. Perhaps this excess of landfill is the book industry’s way of thumbing its nose at pundits who predicted the Internet would kill print media. But who could have predicted people would buy books that are out of date by the time they are printed?”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information

Subtopic: Publishing

Name of publication: Wired

Title, headline, chapter name: Hype List: Books About the Internet

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.02/hypelist.html

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney