EDITOR'S notebook

"Since the advent of print, alternative communication vehicles have come along trying to usurp what we do," noted Sandy Alexander's Grossman at The Print Council unveiling press conference. "Radio couldn't kill print. TV couldn't kill print. In the early '80s, the PC didn't kill print and, most recently, the Internet hasn't killed print." He also related comments made last year by Laurence Kirshbaum, chairman of the book division at AOL Time Warner, in announcing the consolidation/termination of AOL Time Warner's digital book operations due to lackluster consumer demand and high costs. "Perhaps Mr. Gutenberg has had the last laugh here," Kirshbaum said.