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Presents opposing views related to the digitalization of books, discussing the impact on the way people read, the work of writers, scholarship, access to books, book piracy, and the environment.

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English
Pages
115

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Subjects
Learning and scholarship, Digitization, Social aspects, Electronic publishing, Books and reading, Electronic books, Books, Technological innovations, Debates and debating

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Table of Contents

The digital age has not significantly changed the way people read / Robert Darnton
Digitizing books will change publishing for the better / Jason Epstein
Digitizing books devalues the work of professional writers / Ewan Morrison
The ability to revise digitized books yields benefits and risks / Nicholas Carr
Digitizing historical books eliminates the thrill of scholarship / Tristram Hunt
Digitizing historical books does not demean scholarship / James Gleick
No company should be allowed a monopoly on book digitization / Brewster Kahle
Large-scale digitization projects will benefit writers and readers / Richard A. Posner
A digital public library will increase access to books for all people / Megan Geuss
Digitizing books will increase book piracy / Scott Turow
Digitizing books will not substantially increase book piracy / Alastair Harper
E-books are an environmentally friendly option / Julia Silverman
E-books are not better for the environment than print books / Nick Moran
Colleges should mandate that all textbooks be digitized / Marc Prensky.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-108) and index.

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At issue. Mass media, At issue

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Dewey Decimal Class
070.5/73
Library of Congress
Z1003 .W545 2013, Z1003.W545 2013

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115 pages ;
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115

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OL26452056M
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0737761652, 0737761660
ISBN 13
9780737761658, 9780737761665
LCCN
2012049717
OCLC/WorldCat
809412038

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