Burning the Page The EBook Revolution and the Future of Reading

Name: Burning the Page The EBook Revolution and the Future of Reading
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ISBN: 9781402288838

ISBN-10: 1402288832

ISBN-13: 9781402288838

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jason Merkoski

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A groundbreaking vision on the future of reading, from an early innovator on Amazon's Kindle team. Is digital the death knell for print? Or will it reinvigorate the written word? What will happen to bookstores, book browsing, libraries, even autographs? Will they die out—or evolve into something new? In Burning the Page, digital pioneer Jason Merkoski charts the ebook revolution's striking impact on the ways in which we create, discover, and share ideas. From the sleek halls of Silicon Valley to the jungles of Southeast Asia, Merkoski explores how ebooks came to be and predicts innovative and interactive ways digital content will shape our lives. Throughout, you are invited to continue…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



How It Started


Introduction to "Bookmarks"


The History of Books


Bookmark: Reading in Bed


The Origin of Ebooks


Bookmark: Annotations


Launching the Kindle


Bookmark: Knapsacks, Book Bags, and Baggage


Improving Perfection: Launching the Kindle2


Bookmark: Burning Books


The First Competitors


Bookmark: Book Browsing


The Neurobiology of Reading


Bookmark: Love Letters Preserved between Pages


Why Books (and Ebooks) Can Never Be Replaced


Bookmark: Indexes


Igniting Readers at Last!


Bookmark: Autographs


Wax Cylinders and Technological Obsolescence


Bookmark: Used Books


Fanning the Flames of Revolution


Bookmark: Inscriptions


Innovators and Laggards: The New Face of Publishing


Bookmark: Bookstores


Our Books Are Moving to the Cloud


Bookmark: Bookshelves


Google: A Facebook for Books?


Bookmark: Book Discovery


Globalization


Bookmark: Dictionaries


Language Change: "Whan that Aprille, with hise shoures soote…"


Bookmark: Dog-Eared Pages


Education: Print or Digital?


Bookmark: Book Covers


Libraries


Bookmark: Bookworms


The Future of E-Reader Hardware: Pico Projectors?


Bookmark: Lost Libraries


The Future of Writing


Bookmark: Degraded Text


Digitizing Culture


Bookmark: Altered Books


Reading: A Dying Art?


Bookmark: Attention Spans


The Last Digital Frontier


Acknowledgments


About the Author