Laura Dietz

E-books and 'Real Books'

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book explores a paradox of the digital reading revolution: mass adoption without full acceptance that e-books are 'real books'. Drawing on original data from a longitudinal study, it investigates how movement between conceptions of e-books as ersatz books, digital proxies, and incomplete books serves readers in unexpected ways"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9781009490764
• ISBN-10: 1009490761
• Artikelnr.: 71910198

Autorenporträt

Laura Dietz is a Lecturer in Publishing at University College London. She speaks and publishes widely on reading, authorship, and digital literary culture, serving on related prize, festival, and conference committees, editorial boards, and the Board of Directors of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Bookness
2. Paratexts and first impressions: taking a chance on an e-book
3. Ownership and permanence: e-book transactions
4. Materiality, convenience, and customization: e-books and the act of reading
5. Reading lives and reading identities: genre, audience, and being a reader of e-books
Coda
Notes.