Tom Nelson, an associate professor of communications, presented a paper on the future of the book on Oct. 26 during the International Conference on the Book at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
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Nelson’s paper focused on the need to reconcile the written word with the visual image as the two are a team rather than competitors.