Understanding a Book: A Few Digressions on Forms and Meanings
Keywords:
book history, e-book, enhanced e-book, book market, reading cultureAbstract
This article analyzes differences between analogue and digital reading. It demonstrates that the differences between e-publishing and print publishing processes heavily influence meanings formed through reading.References
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