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Reading in a Digital Age

David M. Durant
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How is reading changing in the digital environment? How will it continue to change? Are we headed for an all- digital future? Or does print still have a place in the reading environment? Does format matter? What do readers tell us they want? This brief monograph offers librarians, publishers, vendors, and others an overview of these key issues as well as advice on how their institutions should approach the print versus digital controversy.
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Reading and Neuroplasticity
  • Linear Versus Tabular Reading
  • Print Reading
  • Digital Reading
  • What the Research Tells Us
  • What Do Readers Say?
  • The Plateauing of E-Book Sales
  • Tilting the Balance to Print
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • About the Author
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Published: 2017
Publisher: Against the Grain (Media), LLC
Copyright Holder: Against the Grain (Media), LLC
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license
ISBN(s)
  • 978-1-941269-17-6 (e-book)
  • 978-1-941269-13-8 (paperback)
  • 978-1-941269-30-5 (open-access)
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