What is the impact of digitizing books?

by: Gerdes, Louise I., 1953-

Publication date: 2013

Topics: Books -- Digitization -- Social aspects, Books and reading -- Technological innovations -- Social aspects, Electronic books, Electronic publishing, Learning and scholarship -- Technological innovations -- Social aspects, Books and reading -- Social aspects, Electronic books, Learning and scholarship -- Social aspects, Electronic publishing

Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning

Collection: inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china

Digitizing sponsor: Kahle/Austin Foundation

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

115 pages ; 24 cm

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-108) and index

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

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