dead-tree format

A copy of a written work printed on paper (i.e., the product of "dead" trees), especially that which is also available in a digital format. With everything available online these days, it's a wonder anyone would pay for the dead-tree format. A: "Wait, you guys had actual textbooks? Like, the dead tree format?" B: "Yes. Keep in mind, the Internet was only a few years old when we were in high school!" Personally, I always prefer to hold the dead-tree format of a book in my hands.

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From the moment the 448-page document was released on the internet on Thursday, three book publishers - Scribner, Melville House and Skyhorse - have been racing to package it in dead-tree format. Scribner's version, which also features analysis from The Washington Post, was Amazon's number 1 bestseller on Saturday, with Skyhorse's at number 2.

Mueller report available for free online, becomes bestseller

Finally Web on-the-Go in its dead-tree format as opposed to an eBook blog posts or a Webinar does not take advantage of the technology praised so highly in the book thus undermining the concept of wireless as a progressive panacea.

Web On-The-Go: A Preview of the Way of Living in a Wireless Web World

I'm sure journalists at washingtonpost.com see their work as the journalism of the future, while we of the dead-tree format can be seen as the past.

'Wash Post' Ombud Hits Handling of Blog Column

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