The electronic book is slowly becoming a reality, but is of concern in many quarters, and especially calls for a reflection on the meaning and future of the book in general. Lucio Felici, a leading figure in the history of publishing for twenty years director of editorial Garzanti and later editorial director of the joints and Newton & Compton, is asked whether and how the e-book will change not only the publishing, but also how to write. To discover that the electronic book is a challenge to which not even a publisher “traditional” can not resist.
Professor, do you think that e-book will compete with economic issues?
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In general, the term e-book (electronic book) is a literary monograph published in digital form and available through special devices. Note that the adjective ‘literary’, in this definition, in the universal sense of intelligence work as a verbal text, and does not relate exclusively to literary works as aesthetic objects (novel, poem, dramatic text) separated texts from fiction, science and so on. The determination of ‘monographs’ a different e-book itself from the electronic version of a periodical publication, to indicate which one tends to adopt the term e-journal (electronic magazine). The use of generic e-publication (electronic publication) was suggested to refer to any kind of works published in digital format.
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In 1999 the United States the book on paper was the best-selling item over the Internet. With a market share of 11 per cent of total e-commerce, the books have exceeded even the computer programs (10 percent) and music (8.7 percent). So far, therefore, not only the traditional volumes were not replaced by new digital media, but rather information technology have contributed to their spread. But what can still take the book of paper? Will in the end, supplanted by the e-book? Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the entrepreneur who made fortune with the paper books, it is certain that the advance of electronic ones will be unstoppable, “is no longer a question of if but of when the e-books and then ‘download’ you say. ” If the forecast Bezos seems almost obvious, the questions on the theoretical and practical consequences of the development of e-book as a tool of learning that is fun is, however, still open.
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