Tag Archives: e-book

If it Looks Like a Book, and Reads Like a Book, is it a Book?

Marte Lindstrom | 17 October 2010, 5:42 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , , ,

The death of the book has been foreseen:  Several sources have predicted the demise of the book as we know it, like a modern Nostradamus. However, this is not the first time in history that we have heard this prediction. The introduction of the radio was also supposed to kill the book, as was the advent of …

E-readers and e-books for education

Anne Lukas | 16 October 2010, 4:29 pm | 8 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Firstly, I need to say that I love to read and I love technology. So isn’t an e-reader the perfect combination of both? Isn’t it the perfect compromise between the small screen of an iPhone or iPod Touch and the chunky format of a regular book? In my opinion, yes! I believe that in the future the e-reader will be…

Are you an e-book sinner or saint?

Levien Rocha | 14 October 2010, 12:25 pm | tags: , , ,

The people at the church of Google believe we do not have to dress up every Sundaymorning anymore, go to church and watch the preacher to experience something like a God. We experience an actual God everyday at work or at home: but forget all those supernatural Gods that are not scientifically provable but Google is the closest thing…

From book to booooooooooooooooooooook

Alberto Angelini | 13 October 2010, 11:09 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , , ,

In a recent work about the future of printed literature, italian intellectual Umberto Eco describes the book as an eternal technology, something similar to a spoon or a bycicle: while time goes by and innovations pop up ceaselessly, some specifically well-designed objects tend to remain pretty stable. Moreover, he argues, the book-shape is determined by our own anatomy…

About e-books and media, books are not dead

Hannah Biemold | 13 October 2010, 3:16 pm | 4 comments | tags: , ,

Following the example of foreign publishers, Dutch publishers also decide to give away free content. The idea is to boost sales of the printed book and to be ahead of piracy. Users will be able to find a way to download content anyway. Does this model work and how does the media handle this?

Remediation: Will new media eat older media alive?

Suzanne Schram | 04 September 2010, 9:44 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In their book Remediation Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin argue that new visual media achieve cultural significance by refashioning earlier media. New media define themselves in relationship to older media. Remediation operates in two directions: older media tries to appropriate and refashion digital media and digital media tries to refashion older media. Their claim is: “remediation is a defining…

The immersive and interactive qualities of literature

Suzanne Schram | 04 September 2010, 9:33 pm | tags: , , , , , ,

In “Immersion vs. Interactivity: Virtual Reality and Literary Theory” Marie-Laure Ryan explores the problematics of Virtual literature. Marie-Laure Ryan is a literary scholar and critic. She has written several books and articles concerning narratology, fiction and cyberculture, and she has been awarded several times for her work. Ryan has a diverse background. She has studied literature, linguistics, German, French and…

The universal library of enhanced e-books

Suzanne Schram | 16 October 2009, 10:34 pm | tags: , , , , ,

Kevin Kelly explains in his article Scan this book! a future in which it is possible to create a universal library. In this library all the existing books should be present in a digital form. For a long time this is a desire of humankind: to have all knowledge together in one place. In the past this desire could be…