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.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

dead-tree edition
hold the phone
Hold the phone!
please hold
on hire
for hire
hire
at (one's) service
at your service
hold the wire

References in periodicals archive

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

词组	dead-tree format
释义	dead-tree format 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. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: dead-tree edition hold the phone Hold the phone! please hold on hire for hire hire at (one's) service at your service hold the wire References in periodicals archive 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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