Screen LibraryWhat is the impact of digitizing books? /
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Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning,
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| Publisher Address: | Farmington Hills, MI : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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At issue. Mass media
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| Carrier Form: | 115 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780737761665 : 0737761660 9780737761658 (hardcover) 0737761652 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | Z1003 |
| CLC: | G237.6 |
| Call Number: | G237.6/W555 |
| Contents: | The digital age has changed the way people think and read / John Walsh -- 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 -- Providing all online content for free is unsustainable / Malcolm Gladwell -- 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 Presnsky. |