What is the impact of digitizing books?

Gerdes, Louise I., 1953- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780737761658 (hardcover)
Physical Description: 115 pages ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.