Americana - 22/08/2010

This week Simon Winchester presents Americana with a look at the way America communicates. The right to carry a gun is protected by America's Second Amendment to the Constitution. Writer Dan Baum demonstrates what its like to carry a concealed weapon through the American streets and he explains how guns impact the way Americans feel and communicate as they go about their days. As eBooks and internet reading gain traction in the United States, Americana discovers an old fashioned press where monotype still prints the page. Skip Prichard, CEO of Ingram Content discusses the future of books. Though mobile devices and hand-held readers are gaining popularity, the way that Americans read books today may be very different from how they will read books in the future.